Explore by theme

Nine ways of seeing

Every exhibit asks one of these questions. Pick the one that pulls at you.

Perspective

What perspective am I missing?

Map showing London north of most major Canadian cities

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Time

Is it a difference in time, or in how we label it?

Chart of time zones per country, with France at the top

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Scale

How big is the difference, really?

Map comparing the true size of Africa

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Measurement

What does this measurement leave out?

Maps of U.S. counties at three population-density thresholds

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Distribution

How is it actually distributed?

Globe centered near New Zealand, showing a half of Earth that is almost all ocean

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Statistics

What does this number really support?

Comparison showing how mean and median respond differently to an extreme income

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Probability

What really determines these odds?

Chart showing how the probability of a shared birthday rises with group size

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Optimization

What is the actual goal?

Bowling score comparison showing the effect of sequence

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Systems

What else changes when this changes?

Diagram of commuters choosing routes before and after a new bridge

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Rather go in order? See every exhibit by number