Wikipedia offers the following explanation of the saying ‘A picture is worth a thousand words’: it “refers to the notion that a complex idea can be conveyed with just a single still image, or that an image of a subject conveys its meaning/essence more effectively than a description does. It also aptly characterizes one of the main goals of visualization, namely making it possible to absorb large amounts of data quickly.”   I was reminded of this adage on my recent visit … Continue reading