redesigning graphics from 1950s science textbooks by R.A. Gallant (via Wired)
I wonder if I’m the only person to find the originals better than the remakes? They’re far less fussy and seem to be somewhat clearer. The remakes rely too much on being pretty.
I agree. It’s a good example of pointless 3D graphics making it much harder to see where the points fall on the y-axis. If you look at the original and the remake and try to work out the altitude at which auroras occur, it’s much easier on the original. Unless you need three axes, 3D graphs are pretty but useless.
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