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The History of Diagrams

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The History of Diagrams


 
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The History of Diagrams

  • Topological diagrams: their history is difficult to trace.

  • In the middle ages, hierarchies of trees were used to document lineage.

  • Religion and cosmology of the middle ages made great use of diagrams, including graphs.

  • In the Renaissance, the rediscovery of Greek thought resulted in many diagrams of philosophical and scientific nature - mostly for illustration purposes .

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