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This chapter takes a look back in time and presents a selection of historical visual representations of time-oriented data. The representation of time in the arts is a second aspect covered in this chapter.
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Aigner, W., Miksch, S., Schumann, H., Tominski, C. (2023). Historical Background. In: Visualization of Time-Oriented Data. Human–Computer Interaction Series. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-7527-8_2
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