Infographics are not new.. in 1862 Charles Joseph Minard created a much-praised infographic depicting Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812. This video features Dr James Grime - http://singingbanana.com More of James on Numberphile: http://bit.ly/grimevideos Here is the info graphic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Minard.png A book coming soon about the map: http://amzn.to/QHIvo7 Destin puts great infographics on his Tumblr at http://smartereveryday.tumblr.com/ Website: http://www.numberphile.com/ Numberphile on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/numberphile Numberphile tweets: https://twitter.com/numberphile Google Plus: http://bit.ly/numberGplus Tumblr: http://numberphile.tumblr.com Numberphile is supported by the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI): http://bit.ly/MSRINumberphile Videos by Brady Haran Brown papers: http://bit.ly/brownpapers (original papers for sale, but only occasionally) A run-down of Brady's channels: http://bit.ly/bradychannels