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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... time - series , the rockets are sequenced by date of launching - from the first pair at upper left SRM to the last pair at lower right 24 24 11 No. A B ( the launch immediately prior to Challenger ) . The sequential order conceals the ...
... time - series , the rockets are sequenced by date of launching - from the first pair at upper left SRM to the last pair at lower right 24 24 11 No. A B ( the launch immediately prior to Challenger ) . The sequential order conceals the ...
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... time - series . ( In fact , the magician's hands trace out a two - dimensional time - series ; a similar statistical design is this account at right of Japanese economic history , as years track the points on a two - space grid of ...
... time - series . ( In fact , the magician's hands trace out a two - dimensional time - series ; a similar statistical design is this account at right of Japanese economic history , as years track the points on a two - space grid of ...
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... temporal clusters 112 text - image integration 63 , 85 , 97 , 106 Thingvold , Jeffrey 20-23 , 75 Thomas , Keith 55 thunderstorm animation 20-24 , 75 time scales Tilling , Laura 16 108-109 time - series 29 , 36-37 , 92-95 toga people 17 ...
... temporal clusters 112 text - image integration 63 , 85 , 97 , 106 Thingvold , Jeffrey 20-23 , 75 Thomas , Keith 55 thunderstorm animation 20-24 , 75 time scales Tilling , Laura 16 108-109 time - series 29 , 36-37 , 92-95 toga people 17 ...
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