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Nature 445, 368 (25 January 2007) | doi:10.1038/445368a; Published online 24 January 2007
Science in culture
Martin Kemp1
It was often said that geography was about maps, and history about chaps. But there are virtually no sets of data — about chaps or anything else — that cannot be mapped, although sometimes a visually appealing map can hide as much as it reveals.
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