Visual Analysis of the Zeroth Kind: Geoffrey Taylor and The Bomb

Posted by Raif Majeed on May 16, 2008
Filed under: bomb analysis geoffrey taylor trinity nuclear test Visual Analysis data visualization

"What do you do?" It's a question you probably get all the time, like I do. Being a QA engineer at Tableau, my usual quick answer is that "I test data visualization software." Simple enough, right?

Well, I've found that different people hear different things out of a statement like that. For some, visualizing data is the last step -- a way of constructing charts of information for documentation or presentation. But for others, visualizing data is the first step -- a way to understand data before analyzing it in detail.

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