Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and NarrativeVisual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative is about pictures of verbs, the representation of mechanism and motion, process and dynamics, causes and effects, explanation and narrative. Practical applications and examples include statistical graphics, charts for making important decisions in engineering and medicine, technical manuals, diagrams, design of computer interfaces and websites and on-line manuals, animations and scientific visualizations, techniques for talks, and design strategies for enhancing the rate of information transfer in print, presentations, and computer screens. The use of visual evidence in deciding to launch the space shuttle Challenger is discussed in careful detail. Video snapshots show redesigns of a supercomputer animation of a thunderstorm. The book is designed and printed to the highest standards, with luscious color throughout and four built-in flaps for showing motion and before/after effects. |
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... computer screen ( shown at its original , full size ) , the left column of little boxes arrays six motifs as played by the orchestra ; the right column shows the same motifs as later sung by soloists and chorus . Clicking on one of the ...
... computer screen ( shown at its original , full size ) , the left column of little boxes arrays six motifs as played by the orchestra ; the right column shows the same motifs as later sung by soloists and chorus . Clicking on one of the ...
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... screen 99 . 9 The framing apparatus consumes 30 % of the scarce area on the low - resolution computer screen . The enlargement below shows 11 different frames ( leaving out the laurel growth ) surrounding the text like Chinese boxes ...
... screen 99 . 9 The framing apparatus consumes 30 % of the scarce area on the low - resolution computer screen . The enlargement below shows 11 different frames ( leaving out the laurel growth ) surrounding the text like Chinese boxes ...
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... screen below , however , the metaphor has become the interface . Only 18 % of the space depicts substantive information ( photographers and their work ) ; an astonishing 82 % of the screen is devoted to computer administrative debris or ...
... screen below , however , the metaphor has become the interface . Only 18 % of the space depicts substantive information ( photographers and their work ) ; an astonishing 82 % of the screen is devoted to computer administrative debris or ...
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