John Snow was a British physician who in 1854 traced the source of a cholera outbreak in London to a contaminated public water pump. His study is considered a founding event in the field of epidemiology and helped establish germ theory. A 1869 data visualization provided statistical details of Napoleon's disastrous 1812 invasion of Russia, showing troop numbers dwindling dramatically as the army retreated from Moscow.
John Snow was a British physician who in 1854 traced the source of a cholera outbreak in London to a contaminated public water pump. His study is considered a founding event in the field of epidemiology and helped establish germ theory. A 1869 data visualization provided statistical details of Napoleon's disastrous 1812 invasion of Russia, showing troop numbers dwindling dramatically as the army retreated from Moscow.
John Snow was a British physician who in 1854 traced the source of a cholera outbreak in London to a contaminated public water pump. His study is considered a founding event in the field of epidemiology and helped establish germ theory. A 1869 data visualization provided statistical details of Napoleon's disastrous 1812 invasion of Russia, showing troop numbers dwindling dramatically as the army retreated from Moscow.
1854 Napoleon’s Disastrous Invasion of Russia Detailed in an 1869 Data Visualization: It’s Been Called “the Best Statistic al Graphic Ever Drawn” Commentaires