Data Visualization

This is a very good data visualization showing the political shifts in the last 60 years.

Two reference book I would recommend (by Edward R. Tufte):

The Visual Display of Quantitative Information 
Beautiful Evidence 

(2/7/2013) I found this figure in an educational research. It is a little bit fancy, but it looks beautiful.

Source: http://www.educause.edu/ecar/about-ecar/ecar-annual-study-students-and-it

(2/12/2013) This is another good presentation of science and religion.

Graphic by: Chris Spurlock
Source: The MIT Survey on Science, Religion and Origins

(3/26/2013) No matter which side you feel from this following figure about the casualty from US Drone strike in Pakistan, I think the group that make this figure gets what they want "shock people." I have to say, the modern HTML coding (look like java scripts, but I am not sure) makes data visualization like magics (click the news page).

This picture is not dynamic. You have to click the linked on the news page above to see how it works.