Comment Math Flyer (Score 1) 165
How about Shodor's Math Flyer? Perhaps a little too advanced, but then again, maybe not.
Comment Re:Penicillin and relativity come to mind? (Score 1) 131
The better archetype for this would be Snow's map of the London cholera epidemic of 1854: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1854_Broad_Street_cholera_outbreak Visualizing the data was the key to discovering the outbreak's source: a contaminated well. It also helped solidify the "germ theory" of disease.
Comment Re:The Why? (Score 1) 302
From the NCAA blog:
First of all, let me say that I understand the policy. The NCAA has agreements with broadcast partners and those business contracts must be honored. Essentially, ESPN has paid the NCAA for the exclusive right to broadcast the baseball championship. The crux of this argument is whether blogs infringe on that exclusive right. That is the rationale for this policy and while I understand it, I wholeheartedly disagree with it.
First of all, let me say that I understand the policy. The NCAA has agreements with broadcast partners and those business contracts must be honored. Essentially, ESPN has paid the NCAA for the exclusive right to broadcast the baseball championship. The crux of this argument is whether blogs infringe on that exclusive right. That is the rationale for this policy and while I understand it, I wholeheartedly disagree with it.
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