When researchers communicate their findings, it’s not just the math and science that they should be concerned about—it’s also the art that counts. More specifically, the graphics that visually represent scientific data and concepts play a crucial role in clarifying or strengthening an argument, as Felice C. Frankel and Angela
Why aren’t more people outside the scientific community engaged with the developments of science and engineering? Perhaps, as Felice Frankel suggests, it has something to do with the way scientists communicate their ideas. Frankel, along with co-author Angela DePace, recently wrote Visual Strategies: A Practical Guide to Graphics for Scientists
Fifty years ago, Oliver Smoot was the shortest member of his fraternity pledge class at MIT. Despite his diminutive frame, Smoot became a part of Boston history in 1958 when his Lambda Alpha Chi brothers decided to measure the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge in 5′ 7″ increments, a unit they appropriately