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The functional art : an introduction to information graphics and visualization /
Unlike any time before in our lives, we have access to vast amounts of free information. With the right tools, we can start to make sense of all this data to see patterns and trends that would otherwise be invisible to us. By transforming numbers into graphical shapes, we allow readers to understand...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley, CA :
New Riders,
©2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional) |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- 1. Why visualize : from information to wisdom
- 2. Forms and functions : visualization as a technology
- 3. The beauty paradox : art and communication
- 4. The complexity challenge : presentation and exploration
- 5. The eye and the visual brain
- 6. Visualizing for the mind
- 7. Images in the head
- 8. Creating information graphics
- 9. The rise of interactive graphics.
- Profiles. The infographics gentleman / John Grimwade, Condé Nast traveler magazine ; Information art / Juan Velaso and Fernando Baptista, National geographic magazine ; All the infographics that are fit to print / Steve Duenes and Xaquín G.V., New York times ; Capital infographics / Hannah Fairfield, Washington post ; Germanic precision / Jan Schwochow, Golden Section Graphics ; Visualization in academia / Geoff McGhee, Stanford University ; Quantitative humanism / Hans Rosling, Gapminder Foundation ; Truth and beauty operator / Mortiz Stefaner ; The rising stars / Gregor Aisch and Jan Willem Tulp ; Visualizing literature / Stefanie Posavec
- Bibliography
- Index.