Title Lines, bars and circles : how William Playfair invented graphs / written by Helaine Becker ; illustrated by Marie-Ève Tremblay.

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Toronto : Kids Can Press, [2017]

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Location	Call No.	Status
Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department	JB PLAYFAIR	Check Shelf
Enfield, Main Library - Children's Biographies	J B PLAYFAIR	Check Shelf
Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department	J 511.5 PLAYFAIR	Check Shelf
Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department	J-B PLAYFAIR, WILLIAM	Check Shelf
Mansfield, Main Library - Juvenile Biography	JB PLAYFAIR	Check Shelf
New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department	J92 PLAYFAIR	Check Shelf
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Children's Department	JB PLAYFAIR	Check Shelf
Simsbury Public Library - Children's Department	JB PLAYFAIR	Check Shelf
South Windsor Public Library - Children's Department	JB PLAYFAIR	Check Shelf
Wethersfield Public Library - Children's Department	J BIOG PLAYFAIR, WILLIAM	Check Shelf

Description	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Summary	"Born in Scotland more than 250 years ago, William Playfair was a dreamer who saw the world differently from other people. Unfortunately, this difference sometimes got in the way of his success. Early on, as he attempted to apply his unique perspective to a series of career opportunities in order to gain riches! fame! glory! he instead suffered one failure after another. Then, while writing a book about economics, Will's innovative vision inspired an idea that would set him apart: he created the first modern line graph. Next came a bar graph and later a pie chart. These infographic inventions provided a way for numbers to be seen as pictures, which made them easier to understand and to remember --- and thus changed the way the world would interact with data forever"-- Amazon.com.
Subject	Playfair, William, 1759-1823 -- Juvenile literature.
	Playfair, William, 1759-1823. (OCoLC)fst00157812
	Playfair, William, 1759-1823.
	Mathematical statistics -- Graphic methods -- History -- Juvenile literature.
	Graphic methods -- History -- Juvenile literature.
	Mathematical statistics -- Graphic methods -- Juvenile literature.
	Graphic methods -- Juvenile literature.
	Mathematics -- Graphic methods -- Juvenile literature.
	Mathematics -- Charts, diagrams, etc. -- Juvenile literature.
	Picture books.
	Graphic methods. (OCoLC)fst00946645
	Mathematical statistics -- Graphic methods. (OCoLC)fst01012136
	Mathematics. (OCoLC)fst01012163
	Mathematics -- Graphic methods. (OCoLC)fst01012194
	Mathematical statistics -- Graphic methods -- History.
	Graphic methods -- History.
	Mathematical statistics -- Graphic methods.
	Graphic methods.
	Mathematics -- Graphic methods.
	Mathematics -- Charts, diagrams, etc.
Genre/Form	Charts, diagrams, etc. (OCoLC)fst01423732
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Added Author	Tremblay, Marie-Eve, illustrator.
ISBN	9781771385701 (hardback)
	1771385707 (hardback)

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