For most of us, the word graph brings back memories (not always pleasant) of pencils and rulers and quadrille ruled paper, though a more recent generation may think instead of pie and bar charts ...

Social Studies of Science, Vol. 30, No. 1 (Feb., 2000), pp. 73-94 (22 pages) Studies comparing the cognitive status of the sciences have long sought to identify the distinguishing features of 'hard' ...