1 Season
6 Episode
The Beauty of Diagrams - Season 1 Episode 4 The Rose Diagram, Florence Nightingale
A look at Florence Nightingale's use of statistical graphics as a call to action following her experience of caring for soldiers during the Crimean War of 1854-1856. She compiled her findings into a report featuring the Rose Diagram, which explained how 16,000 of the conflict's 18,000 deaths were a result of infectious diseases found in hospitals, and was used to persuade the British government to improve sanitation.
- Year : 2010
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- Genre : Documentary
- Studio : BBC Four
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- Cast : Marcus du Sautoy
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