Showing posts with label Probability. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Probability. Show all posts

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Venn vill I be famous?

The Venn Diagram is making a comeback.

Edwards' Venn diagram of six setsImage via Wikipedia


As we all know, Venn diagrams are diagrams that show all hypothetically possible logical relations between a finite collection of sets (groups of things).

Venn diagrams were conceived around 1880 by John Venn. They are used to teach elementary set theory, as well as illustrate simple set relationships in probability, logic, statistics, linguistics and computer science. *




As the above image shows, these diagrams can be very complicated and intricate.


Or they can be as simple as siblings' children;



Over at www.graphjam.com they regularly use Venn diagrams to get laughs at our everyday nonsense that we go through as humans. I prefer to use Mr. Venn's amazing creation to explain, in an easy and efficient manner, just how my life works;
Available on Twitter - @jumblerant

More Venn diagram buffoonery can be found at mental_floss's blog 'Miss Cellania's Files'.

kthanxbai!

* thanks to Mrs. Wiki and Mrs. Pedia