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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... possible victims - which happened simultaneously with shutting down the infected water supply . 14 The case against the Broad Street pump , however , was based on a diversity of additional evidence : the cholera map , studies of unusual ...
... possible victims - which happened simultaneously with shutting down the infected water supply . 14 The case against the Broad Street pump , however , was based on a diversity of additional evidence : the cholera map , studies of unusual ...
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... possible link between damage and temperature - the vital issue here — the strongest visual presence in this graph is the clutter generated by the outlines of the 48 little rockets . The visual elements bounce and glow , as heavy lines ...
... possible link between damage and temperature - the vital issue here — the strongest visual presence in this graph is the clutter generated by the outlines of the 48 little rockets . The visual elements bounce and glow , as heavy lines ...
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... possible cause - effect relationship , then graphs should organize data so as to illuminate such a link . Not a complicated idea , but a profound one . Thus the little rockets must be placed in order by temperature , the possible cause ...
... possible cause - effect relationship , then graphs should organize data so as to illuminate such a link . Not a complicated idea , but a profound one . Thus the little rockets must be placed in order by temperature , the possible cause ...
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