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24 posts tagged infographics
Wind map of USA. March 27, 2012 5:00 pm, top speed: 30.1 mph, average: 11.7 mph, (Click to see the animated map, awesome)
This is a topological similarity network of 452 NBA players during the 2010-2011 season. Players (in circles) are connected to other players by edges (lines) based on how similar they are with regard to points, rebounds, assists, steals, rebounds, blocks, turnovers and fouls, all normalized to per-minute values in the 2010-2011 season. Further, the network is colored by a player’s points-per-minute average, with blue being low and red being high.
Source: Analytics Reveal 13 New Basketball Positions, Wired
More info: Redefining the Positions in Basketball, Muthu Alagappan Ayasdi Inc, Stanford University.
Very well done, from the Planck length to whole (known) of Universe (Click to enjoy it).
Source: The Scale of the Universe - Interactive, Astronomy Picture of the Day.
Flash Animation Credit & Copyright: Cary & Michael Huang.
The Hertzsprung–Russell diagram is a scatter graph of stars showing the relationship between the stars’ absolute magnitudes or luminosities versus their spectral types or classifications and effective temperatures. Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams are not pictures or maps of the locations of the stars. Rather, they plot each star on a graph measuring the star’s absolute magnitude or brightness against its temperature and color.
Source: Investigating Stars, Investigating Astronomy, TERC
Science related Wikipedian activity
Source: Wikipedia Teaches NIH Scientists Wiki Culture, wired.com
Periodic Table of Meat
Found here