Back when I first started charting the spread of coronavirus I decided not to use a logarithmic scale. I figured that log scales were fine for communicating with other professionals, but most ...

A log scale compresses the values to a more manageable range. Using logarithmic axes, graphs of quantities that vary exponentially can be converted to linear graphs, greatly facilitating analysis ...

A linear scale limits your view, whereas a logarithmic map of the universe allows you to see more at the same time. Image source: Avantgarde / Adobe But with a logarithmic view of the universe ...

Excel defaults to a linear scale for graphs, but you can easily change it to logarithmic to suit wide data ranges or logarithmic phenomena. The Chart Wizard produces graphs with linear scales.

While refurbishing an ageing audio mixer, I decided that the level meters needed special attention. Their rather horrible 100 µA edgewise movements had VU-type scales, the drive electronics being just ...