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Fun With Physics In Data Visualization. Advertisement Data visualization is on the rise.

Fun With Physics In Data Visualization

Publishers around the world — individual bloggers and major online publications alike — are realizing that charts, maps and combinations of the two can convey a message far more effectively than plain numbers can. From simple charts to fancy infographics to complex timeline animations, data visualizations are popping up all over the Internet. However, as in any other area, once everyone gets on the train, distinguishing yourself from the pack becomes hard. Gerardo Mercatore e le sue carte. 9 Fascinating Maps Show the Origins of Our Most Common Words. The news: We may live in an increasingly globalized world, but we often forget that the intermingling of cultures and languages far precedes the advent of laptops and smartphones.

9 Fascinating Maps Show the Origins of Our Most Common Words

Just take a look at these maps — helpfully put together by Reddit user sp07 — to see how pervasive the spread of language is. What the Flag Says — re:form. Montecassino. Nelle prime ore della mattina del 18 maggio del 1944 una pattuglia dell’esercito polacco cominciò ad inerpicarsi lungo gli ultimi cento metri di parete rocciosa che separavano le rovine dell’Abbazia di Montecassino dalle posizioni che avevano raggiunto la notte precedente.

Montecassino

I polacchi erano così spossati da settimane di combattimento che gli ufficiali avevano impiegato diversi minuti per mettere insieme abbastanza uomini ancora in forze da affrontare quell’ultimo tratto di strada. Quando arrivarono in cima issarono una bandiera in mezzo alle rovine e si fermarono a pregare per i compagni caduti nelle giornate precedenti. Tra le macerie del monastero trovarono soltanto una trentina di soldati tedeschi, feriti troppo gravemente per potersi muovere.

Nella notte i “diavoli verdi”, uno dei reparti più temuti dell’esercito tedesco, avevano evacuato le rovine ritirandosi lungo la strada che portava a Roma. Study Determines Average Female Face For Each Country. Scientists have blended together numerous faces to discover the average female face for 41 different countries around the world.

Study Determines Average Female Face For Each Country

To determine the average from each country, hundreds of photographs of women were laid over one another and then a computer program deduced the average appearance. The study was conducted by experimental psychologists at the University of Glasgow in Scotland, and recently published by FaceResearch.org. Judging by these results, the average woman is really quite beautiful (and also has flawless skin, devoid of any wrinkles or blemishes). Share With Your Friends. Statistiche Mondiali in tempo reale. The Glaciers of the Himalayas. Home > The Glaciers > Everest Region > Khumbu The Khumbu glacier paves the way to Everest Base Camp, and its spectacular icefall is well-known to climbers. 11 Untranslatable Words From Other Cultures. City and Country Maps - Driving Directions - Satellite Views - Routes. Day view of Manhattan, New York, USA. In 2006 I shot our very first spherical aerial panorama, from which the AirPano project started, in the beautiful place of the Colorado and the San Juan rivers confluence (USA): The result was overwhelming – by looking at the large screen one had a total illusion of flying over the canyon.

Day view of Manhattan, New York, USA

And so we decided to continue our experiments. The next attempt was made in 2007 above the island of Manhattan. Www.cnms.it/sites/default/files/Kit_debito_pubblico_basso.pdf. Roberto Benigni in: "La Più Bella Del Mondo" [RAIUNO COMPLETO 17-12-2012] Intervista a Fabio Novembre, designer. Giuseppe Sanmartino - Cristo Velato (1753) Battiti per minuto. Da Wikipedia, l'enciclopedia libera.

Battiti per minuto

EUROPANTO : De TAM sitio. Scale of Universe - Interactive Scale of the Universe Tool. La Rivoluzione Musicale a 432 hertz. Giuseppe Verdi, nel 1884 ottenne da una commissione musicale del governo di quel tempo, un decreto legge che normalizzava il diapason ad un LA di 432 oscillazioni al secondo.

La Rivoluzione Musicale a 432 hertz

I sei pilastri della conversione ecologica dell’economia. Di Guido Viale, da il manifesto, 2 febbraio 2012 Misurarsi con il governo Monti sul suo terreno non è saggio.

I sei pilastri della conversione ecologica dell’economia

Monti comanda ma non governa. Comanda perché i partiti che lo sostengono (sempre più infelici) glielo lasciano fare e gli elettori che essi pretendono di rappresentare non hanno forze né strumenti per fermarlo. Per tutti il movente è unico: la paura di un disastro che non si sa valutare. Ma a governare non è né Monti né l'Europa, ma la finanza internazionale che decide per entrambi. Il mondo in stereotipi. MoMA, The Museum of Modern Art. Founded in 1929, The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in midtown Manhattan was the first museum devoted to the modern era.

MoMA, The Museum of Modern Art

Today MoMA’s rich and varied collection offers a panoramic overview of modern and contemporary art, from the innovative European painting and sculpture of the 1880s to today's film, design, and performance art. From an initial gift of eight prints and one drawing, the collection has grown to include over 150,000 paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs, architectural models and drawings, and design objects; approximately 22,000 films and four million film stills; and, in its Library and Archives, over 300,000 books, artist books, and periodicals, and extensive individual files on more than 70,000 artists.

12 Rules to Find Balance in Your Life. Tecniche di controllo delle masse (prima parte) The Atlas of Economic Complexity. Situazionismo. Waking Life. Blue Whale Interactive - ORBIS. Giant Stars.