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Florence Nightingale and her Geeks Declare War on Death

2025/6/5
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Katie Hafner
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Tim Harford
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Tim Harford: 我认为弗洛伦斯·南丁格尔是一位开拓性的护士，但不仅仅是因为她如此出色、善良和有女人味，更重要的是她使护理专业化，并主张组织、培训、教育和提供正确的物资。她也是皇家统计学会的第一位女性成员，她不仅是一位使用数字来理解世界的统计学家，而且还是一位统计运动家，她使用统计数据来推销信息。我希望通过这个故事，让大家了解她如何利用数据可视化，为公共卫生革命而战。 Katie Hafner: 大多数人对弗洛伦斯·南丁格尔的普遍看法是“提灯女士”，她通常被描绘成一个温柔、圣洁的人物，手提一盏灯在黑暗的医院走廊里穿行，通过纯粹的同情和关怀带来安慰和治愈。但Tim讲述了一个非常不同的故事，她不仅仅是一个护士，更是一个统计学极客。 Helena Bonham Carter: (作为弗洛伦斯·南丁格尔的声音) 我在斯库塔里亲眼目睹了医院的恶劣条件，那里简直是人间地狱。我决心要改变这种状况，用数据和统计来揭示真相，推动公共卫生改革。即使面对重重阻力，我也不会放弃，因为我知道，改善卫生条件可以挽救无数生命。

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This chapter introduces Florence Nightingale, dispelling the common image of a gentle nurse and revealing her as a pioneering statistician and data visualization expert who revolutionized public health. The chapter sets the stage for exploring her impactful use of data to drive significant changes in sanitation and mortality rates.
  • Florence Nightingale was a pioneering nurse who professionalized the field.
  • She was also a statistician and a member of the Royal Statistical Society.
  • Nightingale used data visualization to advocate for public health reforms.
  • Data visualization's power to persuade is highlighted.

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In this episode from the Cautionary Tales podcast, Harford teams up with actor Helena Bonham Carter, a distant relative of Florence Nightingale, to tell the story of how the ‘“Lady with the Lamp” revolutionized public health with a pie chart. Nightingale was a statistician as well as a nurse, and it was her use of data graphics that led hospitals to introduce hygiene measures that we now take for granted. Her charts convinced the establishment that deaths due to filth and poor sanitation could be averted, saving countless lives. But did Nightingale also open Pandora’s Box by showing that graphs persuade, whether or not they depict reality?

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