Albert D. Biderman
List of John Benjamins publications for which Albert D. Biderman plays a role.
Articles
1991 Informatique/informatics Information Design Journal 6:3, p. | Article
1990 The Playfair enigma: The development of the schematic representation of statistics Information Design Journal 6:1, pp. 3–25 | Article
The invention of statistical graphics is generally, if inaccurately, attributed to William Playfair His initial innovation, along with his subsequent invention of most of the major repertoire of statistical graphics, is in many ways an enigma of the history of science: (1) Given their apparent… read more
1980 The graph as a victim of adverse discrimination and segregation: Comment occasioned by the first issue of information design journal Information Design Journal 1:4, pp. 232–241 | Article
Constraints of typography have led to the physical segregation of diagrammatic treatments of information from the linear alphanumerics that have dominated scientific communication. Information Design Journal reflects these constraints. The segregated and subordinated status of graphics is… read more