TY  - GEN
AU  - Popova, Maria
AU  - Cook, Gareth Ed.
TI  - Best American infographics 2015
SN  - 9780544542709
U1  - 741.6022 
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Boston
PB  - Mariner Books
KW  -  
N1  - CONTENTS :
FOREWORD  Gareth Cook  viii  
INTRODUCTION    MariaPopova  x    
I.	YOU
DANCING  IN THE AIR  2
John Huet, Dave Nadeau, Chin Wang, Marne Mayer, Karen Frank, Nick Galac, Amy Brachmann & Rebecca Nordquist ESPN  The Magazine
WHERE  HAVE ALL THE ELMERS GONE?  4  
Allison McCann & Nate Silver
Five ThirtyE ight.com
WEDDING COSTS, STATE BY STATE  6   
Alissa Scheller, Ashley Reich & Katy Hall
Buffington Post
THE  UNHEALTHY  OFFICE  8
Laura Stanton & Bonnie Berkowitz
Washington Post
2,000 CALORIES  10
Darcy Eveleigh, Tony Cenicola,
Troy Griggs, Josh Barro, David Leonhardt
& Claire Cain Miller  nytimes.com
THE TRUTH ABOUT STARTUPS  12
Kristin Lenz, Kris Frieswick, Susan Coleman, Carmen Cotei
& Joseph Farhat In c.lvfagaz ine
BASEBALL  BORDERS  14
Tom Giratikanon, Josh Katz, David Leonhardt & Kevin Quealy New York Times
HOW  EBOLA ATTACKS  16  
Patterson Clark  Washington Post


NAMES  BY PROFESSION  18
Mark Edmond  verdantlabs.com
FOLLOW  THE  SPOT  20
Robert Nippoldt, Christine Goppel
& David Ehlert  Hollywood in the 30s
BEER  ON TWITTER  22   
Ate Poorthuis & Matthew Zook The Geography of Beer: Regions, Environment , and Societies
Y 0 U R  L I FE , I N  WEEKS  24  
Tim Urban waitbutwhy .com
I I. US
GLOBAL  FRUIT  BOWL  28 
Susan Welchman, Juan Velasco, Paulette Tavormina , John Grimwade, Maggie Zackowitz & Alex Stegmaier National Geographic
WOMEN  OF  ISIS  32
Karishma Sheth & Thomas Alberty
New York Magazine
WHAT A  SOLDIER's ARM IS WORTH  34
Alberto Cuadra  Washington Post
THE  GLOBAL  FLOW OF  PEOPLE  36
Nikola Sander, Guy J. Abel
& Ramon Bauer  Science
INTRODUCING  THE  PIANOGRAM  38
Joseph Yuen JoeyCloud.net
AMERICA'S  GOP, SPLIT  40
Alexandr "Sasha" Trubetskoy
ispol.com/sasha
WHO COOKED WITH YOU?  42
Christopher Cristiano, Mary Jane Weedman, Kate Copeland, Rob Patronite, Robin Raisfeld, Thomas Alberty & Adam Moss  New York Magazine


C 0 M M UTE R  S C I E N C E  44
Ryan Morris, Catherine  Zuckerman
& Juan Velasco  National  Geographic
LETTERS  IN A  WORD  46
David Taylor  prooffreader.com
HOW  FAST  DO IDEAS MOVE?  48
Giorgia Lupi, Simone Quadri, Gabriele Rossi, Glauco Mantegari, Pietro Guinea
Montalvo, Davide Ciuffi (all at Accurat)
& Katie Peek  Popul ar Science
CHESS  TRENDS  50
Randy Olson  randalolson.com
THE SCIENCE GENDER GAP  52
Melissa Lewis, Kay Watson, Katie Hill, Jen Christiansen , Amanda Hobbs
& Seth Fletcher Scientific American
SPURIOUS CORRELATIONS  54
Tyler Vigen  tylervigen .com
WHERE  MILITANTS COME FROM  56
Gene Thorp Washington Post
DEATHS  IN  DAY  CARE   58  
Lazaro Gamio  Washington Post
WHAT DO AMERICANS  SPEAK?  60  
Ben Blatt  Slate
LITERATURE, BROKEN  DOWN  62  
Pop Chart Lab PopChartLab.com
A  DAY  IN THE  LIFE  OF  A  PRO  ATHLETE  64 
Luke Knox, Shira Springer, Chiqui Esteban
& Joe Sullivan Boston Globe
ALL  THE  GUNS  66 
Richard Johnson, Alberto Cuadra,
Todd Lindeman , Kennedy Elliott
& Ted Mellnik Washington Post
BRO  MAP  68  
Nikhil Sonnad  Quartz
THE  MONEY - GO-ROUND  70 
Lee Simmons, Josef Reyes, Valerio Pellegrini
& Sarah Fallon  WIRED
WATER  WAR AND  PEACE  72 
Wesley Grubbs, Mladen Balog, Ri Liu, Nick Yahnke, Shujian Bu (all at Pitch Interactive Inc.) & Katie Peek
Popular Science
BOY-BAND  BLUEPRINT  74  
Heather Jones & Emily Barone  Time
STYROFOAM   POPULATION  76   
Ewa Tuteja  desiqntransfer gallery in Berlin
III . MATERIAL WORLD
A  FAMILY  TREE  OF  GLOW  80  
Eleanor Lutz  Tabletop Whale, tabletopwhale.com
 BABY ANIMALS  82 
Richard Johnson & Bonnie Berkowitz
Washington Post
HOW  WE   PAY   84   
Lily Chow, Ben Gibson, Elizabeth Dexheimer,
Robert Friedman , Ronald Henkoff
& Siung Tjia  Bloomberg Markets Magazine
SECRETS  OF  IL DUOMO  86  
Fernando G. Baptista, Matthew Twombly, Daniela Santamarina, Jose Miguel Mayo, Margaret Ng, Whitney Smith, Lauren James, A. R. Williams , Fanna Gebreyesus & Elizabeth Snodgrass National Geographic
DRONE  DOWN  96  
Alberto Cuadra, Emily Chow
& Craig Whitlock   Washington Post
NATIVE  HORSES  98  
Fernando G. Baptista, Aldo Chiappe, Debbie Gibbons, Matthew Twombly, Jane Vessels & Patricia Healy
Nati onal Geographic
INSIDE  A  DEADLY  RECALL  100  
Guilbert Gates  New York Times
HOW   SPRING    WILL   CHANGE   102    
Katie Peek, Todd Detwiler , Jonathon Kambouris,
Joel Kimmel, Amber Williams & Kate Baggaley
Popular Scienc e
TIME  TRAVEL   104 
Carl De Torres, Erik Carnes, Seth Kadish, 
Sarah Fallon, Lexi Pandell, Billy Sorrentino, 
Caleb Bennett & Allie Fisher   WIRED
DOMINANT, ANCIENT,  E.XTINCT  106 
Jonathan Corum & Samuel M. Gon III
Ne w York  Times
NOT JUST  UNIQUE  108   
Andy Brunning Compound Interest,
www.compoundchem.com
POOP TO  POWER  110  
Bonnie Berkowitz & Todd Lindeman
Washington Post
PORTRAIT  OF  A   FISH  112   
Fernando G. Baptista & Shizuka Aoki
National Geographic
CALlFORNlA DRYING  116     
Kyle Kim & Thomas Suh Lauder
Los Angeles Times
THE  PLANET's TOP KILLERS  118  
Carl De Torres, Luke Shuman, Ian Saunders, 
Josh Daniel, Anu Horsman & David Roodman 
gatesnotes.com
ROSETTA, PHILAE, AND THE COMET  120 
Jasiek Krzysztofiak, Kelly Krause, 
Wesley Fernandes & Elizabeth  Gibney 
Nature
A PLANE VANISHES  122   
Sergio Pecanha, Timothy Wallace, 
Derek Watkins & Archie Tse
New York Times
FIGHT FOR "FIRST  BIRD"  124  
Emily Willoughby, Jasiek Krzysztofiak, 
Kelly Krause, Wesley Fernandes,
Ewen Callaway & Vladimir Nikolov
Nature
WEATHER RADIALS  126  
Timm Kekeritz weather-radials.com
OLYMPIC VISION  128  
Wilson Andrews, Larry Buchanan, Joe Burgess, 
Shan Carter, Ford Fessenden, Mika Grondahl, 
Jeremy White, Angel Franco & Richard Perry 
New York Times
LEGO STORY  130 
Elise Craig, Sarah Fallon, Josef Reyes
& Todd Tankersley  WIRED
FORGOTTEN WORLD  132  
Ryan Morris National Geographic
IV. INTERACTIVE
By Simon Rogers
WIZARDS' SHOOTING STARS  136  
Todd Lindeman & Lazaro Gamio
WashingtonPost.com
INSIDE THE GREAT FIREWALL  138  
Sisi Wei, Lena  Groeger, Mike Tigas, 
Yue Qiu & Scott Klein  ProPublic a.org
THE  COLORS  OF  MOTION  140  
Charlie Clark thecolorsofmotion .com
URBAN LAYERS  142   
Greta Dimitrova & Kiril Mandov
morphocode.com
A  CAREER  AT  BAT  144  
Shan Carter, Joe Ward & David Waldstein
New  York  Times
A  MAP  OF  EVERY  SATELLITE  146  
David Yanofsky & Tim Fernholz  Quartz
A  DAY  IN THE  LIFE OF A  TAXI  148  
Chris Whong nyctaxi.herokuapp.com
BORN  HERE, DIED THERE  150  
Maximilian Schich, Mauro Martino, 
Kerri Smith, Charlotte Stoddart
& Alison Abbott Nature.com
WHAT  THE  WORLD  EATS  152  
Fathom  Information  Design, 
Xaquin Gonzalez Veira, Jason Treat, 
John Kondis & Alex Stegmaier 
NationalGeographic.com
NYCHENGE  154   
Andrew Hill, Sergio Alvarez, Javier Alee
& contributors to Open Street Map
nychenge.com
Best American Infographics  156  
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