In 1901, biologist Charles Davenport "built" physical visualizations that show the distributions of features of objects and people. These visualizations were made out of the objects and the people themselves. The purpose was to explain the notion of statistical distribution to a lay audience. On the left image, seashells are piled up according to how many ribs they have. On the middle image, students are arranged in bins according to their height. […]
Added by Pierre Dragicevic. Category: Passive physical visualization. Tags: distribution, education, participatory, people, rearrangeable, rearrangement
