Otto Neurath
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| - | '''Isotype''' (International System of TYpographic Picture Education) is a method of showing social, technological, biological and historical connections in pictorial form. It was first known as the '''Vienna Method of Pictorial Statistics''' (''Wiener Methode der Bildstatistik''), due to its having been developed at the Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsmuseum in Wien (Social and economic museum of [[Vienna]]) between 1925 and 1934. The founding director of this museum, [[Otto Neurath]], was the initiator and chief theorist of the Vienna Method. The term Isotype was applied to the method around 1935, after its key practitioners were forced to leave Vienna by the rise of [[Austrofascism|Austrian fascism]]. | + | '''Otto Neurath''' (December 10, 1882 – December 22, 1945) was an [[Austria]]n [[philosophy of science|philosopher of science]], [[sociology|sociologist]], and [[political economy|political economist]]. Before he was to flee his native country in 1934, Neurath was one of the leading figures of the [[Vienna Circle]]. |
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| - | * [[Communication]] | + | * [[Kurt Gödel]] |
| - | * [[Data visualization]] | + | * [[Incompleteness theorems]] |
| - | * [[Information design]] | + | * [[Ship of Theseus]] |
| - | * [[Information graphics]] | + | |
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Otto Neurath (December 10, 1882 – December 22, 1945) was an Austrian philosopher of science, sociologist, and political economist. Before he was to flee his native country in 1934, Neurath was one of the leading figures of the Vienna Circle.
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