The Art of Data Visualisation


If you want to know what a talent for scientific visualizations looks like, check out Eleanor Lutz.

She’s a PhD student in biology at the University of Washington, and at her website Tabletop Whale, you can see her amazing work on full display.

It’s difficult to understand our world, or anything in nature really, without engaging with science. Without science, all we have is anecdote and opinion.

But science is all about data, and dense data is not everyone’s cup of tea. It’s taxing and time-consuming to understand.

Lutz’s work is making it easier. In an interview with Wired, she said, “There’s a knowledge barrier to accessing some of the interesting, awesome things about science. There are so many facts and equations, and I want those cool ideas to be accessible.”

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