He and Jake Barton created an algorithm that arranged the names of those killed in the 9/11 attacks , respecting their familial , personal and business relationships with each other ; his visualization of their relatedness is exhibited at the 9/11 Memorial in New York City . Thorp collaborated with Mark Hansen , Ben Rubin , and Local Projects to create an interactive timeline of the attacks . Thorp 's visualization of the influence of Albert Einstein 's theory of relativity on contemporary scientific research appeared in '' Scientific American '' 's September 2015 commemorative issue on Einstein and was featured in '' The Best American Infographics 2016 ''
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Jer Thorp