Friday, April 23, 2010

Correlation Matrix


This is a correlation matrix of T7 phage proteins. It is related to mRNA.

Star Plot

This is a star plot of automobiles. Each star on this plot is representative of a different make of an automobile.

Mercator projection


This is the Mercator Projection which was widely used before the Mayor of New York outlawed it. He claimed that it was time to stop teaching our children that Greenland was the size of South America.

Waldseemüller map

This is the Waldseemüller map and it was published in 1507. This is one of the first maps to show North and South America. It also shows them as being separate from Asia.

Ptolemy's map

This is Ptolemy's map of the world. It was not a full map of the world but it was used by Christopher Columbus.

Catalan Atlas

This is only one of the maps from the Catalan Atlas. This one shows Europe and the Mediterranean in 1375.

Portolan chart


This is a Portolan chart, a map made during the Middle Ages and for mariners to navigate along coastlines. This chart is from around 1550 and from Italy.