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    • Historians believe that William Playfair’s development of the statistical chart was a response to the rapid and sharp increase in the availability of economic and demographic data collected by governments. It suddenly became necessary to find efficient ways to express all this information and charts filled that need.

      However, people are suspicious and often afraid of innovations. Playfair’s data visualizations did not catch on quickly. Initially, serious academics considered them rather childish.


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