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Florence Nightingale and how she visualised data

Tim Harford discusses the power of the nurse statistician’s groundbreaking diagrams with author RJ Andrews

Florence Nightingale became one of the icons of Victorian Britain for her work as a nurse during the Crimean War and the public health improvements she successfully campaigned for later on. Tim Harford discusses how she and her β€˜Nightingale Circle’ used spectacular diagrams to explain health statistics persuasively with RJ Andrews, editor of β€œFlorence Nightingale, Mortality and Health Diagrams”.

Presenter: Tim Harford
Producer: Jon Bithrey
Editor: Richard Vadon
Production Co-Ordinator: Brenda Brown
Sound Engineer: Graham Puddifoot

(Diagram of 'The causes of mortality in the army in the East' 1858 by Florence Nightingale. Public domain)

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