The Dissent Of Man. The science-religion debate has become increasingly polarised. Scientists like Richard Dawkins attack religion, claiming all faith is irrational because it fails the test of scientific method. Religious apologists insist that science’s inflexible reliance on logic fails to explain the complexity of the natural world. Neither extreme is particularly useful. Much of the disagreement has focussed on the idea of evolution as presented in the The Origin of Species, which contradicted the literal interpretation of the Biblical creation. But Darwinism has also been stretched far beyond its original scope. It is used to explain the beginnings of life itself, implicated in war crimes, and held up as an answer or a scapegoat in countless situations. It's now an important part of how we understand ourselves, our history and our culture.
This project is an attempt to explore the huge range of interpretations of Darwinism. Contributors. Many Eyes. Image gallery: 22 free tools for data visualization and analysis. Browsing visualizations. Visualization Options. Data Format. All the visualizations in Many Eyes accept the same data table format except 'Word Tree' and 'Phrase Net', where as, all the charts in the category 'Analyze a text' understand free text also. A data table consists of rows where the values in each row are separated by tabs.
The first row of the table should be "headers" that describe the columns. Here's an example table in the Many Eyes format: The table has a header row (Fruit, Color, Calories) and two data rows. The first two columns are freeform text and the third column will be automatically interpreted as numbers. That's all there is to the basic format. A last note: before you upload data to Many Eyes, you must register and sign in. Half the fun of Many Eyes is letting others play with your data. Don't forget the units! It may be obvious to you that your numbers are in thousands of dollars. Adding more information If a time or place is important, include it in the title. Punctuation matters Don't forget the header row Summary rows. Visualization Options. Free Data Visualization Software. Tech unemployment higher than white-collar average.
February 18, 2011 06:00 AM ET IT jobs fared worse than many other professional occupations last year, according to recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. While the unemployment rate for all professional occupations was 4.5% in 2010, all but two categories of tech workers exceeded that number. Doing better than average: database administrators (with the lowest rate of the categories measured, at 2.9%) and network systems/data communications analysts.
Overall employment for computer and math jobs was 5.2%. [ See related: As cloud grows, IT hiring flatlines ] 2010 was an especially tough year to be a computer support specialist, with joblessness hitting 7.7%. In contrast, last year's unemployment rate was 4.8% for aerospace engineers, 1.5% for lawyers and 1.2% for pharmacists. One thing many tech workers don't seem to be doing in the current job market is striking out on their own, either as freelancers or contract workers. See more data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics below.