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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... field of statistics , the accident is evoked to demonstrate the importance of risk assessment , data graphs , fitting models to data , and requiring students of engineering to attend classes in statistics . For sociologists , the ...
... field of statistics , the accident is evoked to demonstrate the importance of risk assessment , data graphs , fitting models to data , and requiring students of engineering to attend classes in statistics . For sociologists , the ...
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... FIELD ** NONE NONE 8 : 288 None None 36--66 NONE NONE 51C LH Forward Field ** 15A 0.010 154.0 0.280 4.25 5.25 163 51C RH Center Field ( prim ) *** 15B 0.038 130.0 0.280 12.50 58.75 354 * 51C RH Center Field ( sec ) *** 158 None 45.0 ...
... FIELD ** NONE NONE 8 : 288 None None 36--66 NONE NONE 51C LH Forward Field ** 15A 0.010 154.0 0.280 4.25 5.25 163 51C RH Center Field ( prim ) *** 15B 0.038 130.0 0.280 12.50 58.75 354 * 51C RH Center Field ( sec ) *** 158 None 45.0 ...
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... field appears and disappears , resulting in a jumpy texture of change . Thus the dark field generates both spatial clutter and temporal lurches . At right , a lighter field simply highlights the selected material : Minimal ( but clear ) ...
... field appears and disappears , resulting in a jumpy texture of change . Thus the dark field generates both spatial clutter and temporal lurches . At right , a lighter field simply highlights the selected material : Minimal ( but clear ) ...
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