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The Oil Age chart captures the history of oil, including its rise in production, geographical sources, and connection to world events. The chart includes data from government statistics, as well as the work of leading geologists such as Colin Campbell, whose oil depletion model forms the chart’s central image spanning most of the Oil Age from 1859 to 2050. To date, the chart has been distributed to every member of the U.S. Congress and donated to more than 2,500 teachers nationwide. This chart is part of the Places & Spaces: Mapping Science exhibit sponsored by the School of Library and Information Science and the Cyberinfrastructure for Network Science Center at Indiana University