The Best American Infographics 2016 (The Best American Series ®)

99 Pages·2016·16.698 MB·English

by  Gareth Cook (editor), Robert Krulwich (editor), Nicholas Felton, Randall Munro, Nathan Yau, Giorgia Lupi, Stefanie Posavec

IntroducedbyRobertKrulwich
ofRadiolabfame,theyear’smost“awesome”
(RedOrbit)infographicsrevealaspectsof
ourworldino(cid:27)enstartlingways—froma
hauntinggraphicmappingthejourneyof
15,790slaveshipsover315years,toayearlong
seriesofpostcardsthatrecordsandcements
atransatlanticfriendship.
TheBestAmericanInfographics2016coversthe
realmsofsocialissues,health,sports,artsand
culture,andpolitics—includingcrispvisual
dataonthelikelyDemocratic/Republicanlean-
ingsofanarrayofprofessions(provingthat
yoururologistisfarmorelikelytobeaRepub-
licanthanyourpediatrician).Hereonceagain
arethemostinnovativeprintandelectronic
infographics—“thefullspectrumofthegenre
—fromauthoritativetoplayful”(Scientific
American).

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X FOREWORD Gareth Cook 12 THE PROSPECTS FOR POT
WWW.HMHCO.COM JohnTomanio,BryanChristie,
andShelleySperryNationalGeographic
LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationDataisavailable. xII INTRODUCTIONRobert Krulwich
ISBN978-0-544-55638-6 14 LIFE DURING WARTIME
PhilipBumpWashingtonPost
Vi ThetextissetinEamesCenturyModerndesignedbyErikvanBloklandand
HouseIndustries.AllthreestylesofEpilepsja(fill,outline,andsolid)are
ViII usedasthedisplaytypeface.ItwasdesignedbyMikołajGrabowski. 16 AN ELEMENTAL TABLE OF SWEETS
Pa(cid:42)ersonClarkandLazaroGamio
BookdesignbyMarkRobinson. WashingtonPost
eISBN 978-0-544-86708-6
18 THE DEADLIEST JOBS IN AMERICA
Permissions credits are located on page 174. ChristopherCannon,AdamPearce,
andAlexMcIntyreBloomberg.com
22 SMELL THE CITY
RossanoSchifanella,DanieleQuercia,
andLucaAiellogoodcitylife.org
24 HOW LONG YOU HAVE LEFT TO LIVE U S 54 THE REAL NEW LANDSCAPE OF 74 WHAT INCARCERATION COSTS CHICAGO
(ON AVERAGE) NathanYau DETROIT MartinGamache,KelseyNowakowski, CITY BLOCKS ForestGregg,CathyDeng,
flowingdata.com HeidiSchultz,DavidWhitmore,andNoahUrban DerekEder,EricvanZanten,DanielCooper,and
NationalGeographic RyanLugalia-Hollonchicagosmilliondollarblocks.com
26 A TAX BRACKET HISTORY
AlvinChangVox 58 A CENTENNIAL LOOK AT RELATIVITY’S 76 STORIES OF PAST AND FUTURE
INFLUENCE JerThorp,NoaYounse,Genevieve RandallMunroexkcd
36 HOW THE PARTIES CAME APART Hoffman,ElleryRoyston,JenChristiansen,
MauroMartino,ClioAndris,andDavidLee GaryStix,andClaraMoskowitzScientificAmerican
28 WATCHING JOBS AS THEY FALL PLOSONE
AND RISE AndrewVanDamand 78 THE SYRIAN DEATH-TOLL FLAG
ReneeLightnerWallStreetJournal RichardJohnson,TimCurran,KevinUhrmacher,
60 EVERY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TALKS BrianCleveland,andLarisKarklisWashingtonPost
38 WHO’S BUYING AMERICAN ELECTIONS LIKE A BOOK JoshKatzNewYorkTimes
WilsonAndrews,AmandaCox,EvanGrothjan,
30 A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF THE YuliyaParshina-Ko(cid:38)as,GrahamRoberts,
DATA ARTIST NicholasFeltonfeltron.com andKarenYourishNewYorkTimes 80 WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE
62 REFUGEE FLOWS BillRankinradicalcartography.net
JEodseJfoRhneysoens,,aEnldaiMneinAdyyoK,AamyBanridcakeSrilvFeorrmeigannP,olicy
40 TWO LONGTIME QUEENS, COMPARED
KarishmaSheth,ThomasAlberty,Marvin 82 THE HUMAN TOLL OF WORLD WAR II
Orellana,JodyQuon,IanEpstein,Christopher NeilHalloranandAndyDollerson
Bonanos,andAdamMossNewYork 64 GAME OF THRONES OF DOOM fallen.io
ShellyTanandAlbertoCuadraWashingtonPost
42 A LIVE VIEW OF SUPER BOWL ODDS 86 FROM “UNCLE” TO “THANG”
StuartA.Thompson,PalaniKumanan, 66 SKETCH ARTISTS IN CHIEF DavidTaylorCanadianMusicBlog
andJimChairusmiWallStreetJournal VariousUSpresidents,variouscartoonists,
SamuelGranados,andBonnieBerkowitz
WashingtonPost
44 88 THE HEIGHTS OF CRIME
DougMcCunedeviantcartography.com
THE QUEST FOR COLOR 68 WHAT THE JUKEBOX KNOWS
KorwinBriggsveritablehokum.com Ellio(cid:38)RamosWallStreetJournal
90 UBER FOR EVERYTHING
KristinLenz,BobbieGossage,
andJenniferAlseverInc.
70 WHO POLLUTES AND WHO SUFFERS MOST
ValerioPellegriniandEmilyNewhook
50 WHERE THE UFOS WERE mha.gwu.edu/climate-change-emissions-data/
JohnNelsonuxblog.idvsolutions.com 92 URBAN POVERTY’S RISING TIDE
JustinPalmerlabratrevenge.com
72 WHO CAME TO AMERICA WHEN
52 VACCINES TO THE RESCUE NataliaBronshteininsightfulinteraction.com
TynanDeBoldandDovFriedman 94 OSCAR THANKS, BY THE NUMBERS
WallStreetJournal PaulNorth,ChloeWilliamson,WilliamHughes,
andBakerWilcoxbiggroup.co.uk
96 CHRISTIE’S BRIDGEGATE material 138 THE GLOBE OF ECONOMIC COMPLEXITY 162 THE FUTURE OF BONDS, IN 3D
BillMarshandKateZernikeNewYorkTimes RomainVuillemotandOwenCornec GregorAischandAmandaCoxnytimes.com
world globe.cid.harvard.edu
98 THE ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE IN 164 A GALAXY OF TREES
TWO MINUTES AndrewKahn 142 HOW THE POPE ROLLS JasiekKrzysztofiak,KellyKrause,
andJamelleBouieSlate KevinUhrmacherandRichardJohnson WesleyFernandes,Ma(cid:45)Crenson,JanWillem
WashingtonPost Tulp,andRachelEhrenbergNature
114 163 YEARS OF ATLANTIC HURRICANES
ValerioPellegrini,RaulAguila,GraceDobush,
100 WHO’S FIGHTING WHOM IN SYRIA andSarahFallonWIRED
DerreckJohnson,JoshuaKeating, 144 SINGLE-MINDED MAPS 166 DRAINING THE COLORADO
andChrisKirkSlate StudioForagemichaelpecirno.com AAbmraanhdmaLZuasmtgoarrat,eLna,uArleSnhKawirc,hJenfferL,arson,
116 WHAT COUNTRY IS BEYOND THE HORIZON? andJohnGrimwadeProPublica
WeiyiCai,LarisKarklis,andAnaSwanson
102 HOW BASEBALL EVOLVED WashingtonPost 146 AN IMPOSSIBLE MAP OF ELECTRICITY
AndrewGarciaPhillips PierluigiScotolativisual.ly/electricity
chartball.com 168 DRONE WORK AROUND THE WORLD
CalebBenne(cid:45),ChristySheppardKnell,
118 HOW TO HACK SCIENCE FrancescoMuzzi,LaurenSmiley,
RitchieKingandChristieAschwanden 148 HOW LONG WILL THIS BASEBALL andSarahFallonWIRED
FiveThirtyEight RECORD LAST? JoeWard,JoshKatz,
andLarryBuchananNewYorkTimes
120
152 ONE DAY WITH A DWARF PLANET
110 WHERE THEY SAW MARY TRAJAN’S COLUMN AlexandraWitze,LaurenMorello,
VirginiaW.Mason,MichaelO’Neill, FernandoG.Baptista,DanielaSantamarina, JasiekKrzysztofiak,KellyKrause,
EveConant,andVictoriaSgarro EmilyEng,JeremyBerlin,SamanthaWelker, andWesleyFernandesNature
NationalGeographic ANamtiaonnadlaGHeoogbrbasp,haicndKennethGarre(cid:45) 172 BEST AMERICAN INFOGRAPHICS
BRAIN TRUST
154 A LITERARY ROAD MAP
129 RichardKreitnerandStevenMelendez
AtlasObscura
THE ESSENCE OF A WESTERN
KevinL.Fergusontheou(cid:34)ake.net
156 A DIZZYING VIEW OF EL CAPITAN’S
DAWN WALL ShanCarter,WilsonAndrews,
DerekWatkins,andJoeWardNewYorkTimes
132 WHAT’S REALLY WARMING THE WORLD?
EricRostonandBlackiMigliozziBloomberg
134 158 THE SCENIC ROUTE
EricFischermapbox.com
INSIDE THE DOLPHIN BRAIN
FernandoG.Baptista,ShizukaAoki,
DanielaSantamarina,MesaSchumacher, 160 OUR AVIAN FUTURE
andRachelHartiganSheaNationalGeographic TiffanyFarrant-Gonzalez,BreannaDraxler,
andKatiePeekPopularScience
FOREWORD
TheworkfeaturedintheBestAmericanInfographics Oneoftheunexpectedpleasuresofeditingthis Andconsideralltheextraneousdetailsthathave audience,onlineorinprint,during2015.Iselectedall
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postingsonapersonalwebsitetoelaborateinteractive originallycametothisprojectasafan,anenthusiast middle,andanend.Surely,thismakesthemverydif- theback.)Tonominateinfographicsforthenextvol-
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tryingtotellastory.Infographicsarenottypically ning”orfocalpoint—andprogressesfromthere.And, I’dliketothankRobertKrulwichforagreeingtobe
Called“DearData,”it’sasprawlingandlovelyproject thoughtofas“stories,”butmanyofthetechniquesare whenyouthinkaboutit,doesn’ttheopeningofmany apartofthisproject,andforadelightofanintroduc-
bytwoartists,GiorgiaLupiandStefaniePosavec,who thesame.Writersanddesignersareliving,likeLupi well-toldstorieshavesomethingofthesamefeel,of tionthattakesusupamountainforsomesurprising
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city,”theywriteontheirwebsite.“Wealsobothwork ness.Thechoiceofpostcardswasbrilliantbecause echoestheorganizationofpreviousyears.Inthe teamatHoughtonMifflinHarcourt:designerMark
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London—withdatafromtheirweek,displayedinthe selfin—TheLion,theWitchandtheWardrobewasoneof lyricsofpopularmusic,thegeographicandtemporal
formofahand-drawninfographic? mine—andthesensethattheprintedtextfellaway, distributionofAmericanUFOsightings.Inthethird GARETHCOOK
replacedbyafeelingthatthereissomeonethereyou andfinalsection,“MaterialWorld,”thecollection
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