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Florence Nightingale: The Lady with the Diagrams
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Florence Nightingale is known for her revolutionary impact on medicine. She transformed the hospital system and dramatically reduced the death rate from infection and disease. She reformed the nursing profession from a job fitted only for women of low repute to one that employed dedicated, educated women who wanted a career in nursing. She was known internationally as the woman with the lantern who visited sick and wounded soldiers at night to soothe and comfort them.
But what most people don’t know is that Nightingale’s influence went far beyond the medical profession. In an effort to make the results of her research on disease and death rates accessible to people, she began creating diagrams—visual tools to allow people to see beyond the simple numbers they were reading in order to understand the true nature of what those numbers conveyed. She invented an array of circular diagrams and bar charts, many of which are still in use today or which have evolved to become commonplace to our modern eyes. The “Lady with the Lamp” can also be credited as the “Lady with the Diagrams” for her work in pioneering a way for mathematicians and statisticians to present bare facts as intelligible truths.
There’s a “Doing the Math” section at the end of the book so that readers can try working out the math themselves!
Florence Nightingale is known for her revolutionary impact on medicine. She transformed the hospital system and dramatically reduced the death rate from infection and disease. She reformed the nursing profession from a job fitted only for women of low repute to one that employed dedicated, educated women who wanted a career in nursing. She was known internationally as the woman with the lantern who visited sick and wounded soldiers at night to soothe and comfort them.
But what most people don’t know is that Nightingale’s influence went far beyond the medical profession. In an effort to make the results of her research on disease and death rates accessible to people, she began creating diagrams—visual tools to allow people to see beyond the simple numbers they were reading in order to understand the true nature of what those numbers conveyed. She invented an array of circular diagrams and bar charts, many of which are still in use today or which have evolved to become commonplace to our modern eyes. The “Lady with the Lamp” can also be credited as the “Lady with the Diagrams” for her work in pioneering a way for mathematicians and statisticians to present bare facts as intelligible truths.
There’s a “Doing the Math” section at the end of the book so that readers can try working out the math themselves!
124 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2019
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About the author
Robert A. Black
26 books4 followersA long time ago - well, in the 1980s - I was a college student who landed a job writing for Nickelodeon's hit children's TV show, You Can't Do That On Television. Today, I still write for the same age group, but with a lot less green slime.
More recently, I've completed my Mathematical Lives biography series with Royal Fireworks Press, with books from the series placing on the National Science Teaching Association's "Best STEM Books" list two years in a row. Currently working on new ways to teach STEM concepts through storytelling.
More recently, I've completed my Mathematical Lives biography series with Royal Fireworks Press, with books from the series placing on the National Science Teaching Association's "Best STEM Books" list two years in a row. Currently working on new ways to teach STEM concepts through storytelling.
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May 11, 2022
I didn't know Florence Nightingale was responsible for so much of this area of math. This is perfect for middle school kids and up to make math more interesting and help understand the people who came up with mathematical concepts. Well written and great concept. Highly recommend.
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