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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... damage provide the statistical leverage necessary to understand the effects of temperature . Numbers become evidence by being in relation to . This data matrix shows the complete history of temperature and O - ring condition for all ...
... damage provide the statistical leverage necessary to understand the effects of temperature . Numbers become evidence by being in relation to . This data matrix shows the complete history of temperature and O - ring condition for all ...
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... damage and their temperatures , omitting all damage- free launches ( an absence of data points on the line of zero incidents of damage ) : E = Primary O - Ring Erosion = Heating of Primary O - Ring = No Damage Number of Incidents 2 3 ...
... damage and their temperatures , omitting all damage- free launches ( an absence of data points on the line of zero incidents of damage ) : E = Primary O - Ring Erosion = Heating of Primary O - Ring = No Damage Number of Incidents 2 3 ...
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... Damage in Field Joints ( Cont ) 40 This caveat , which also appeared on Thiokol's final approval of the Chal- lenger launch ( reproduced here with the epigraphs on page 26 ) , was discussed in hearings on Challenger by the House ...
... Damage in Field Joints ( Cont ) 40 This caveat , which also appeared on Thiokol's final approval of the Chal- lenger launch ( reproduced here with the epigraphs on page 26 ) , was discussed in hearings on Challenger by the House ...
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