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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... graph at right shows the number of sunspots by year , 1749 to 1924 , moving along in the well - known 11 - year cycle . But there is much more in these data than simply rhythms and shapes . Cleveland's good idea is to choose an aspect ...
... graph at right shows the number of sunspots by year , 1749 to 1924 , moving along in the well - known 11 - year cycle . But there is much more in these data than simply rhythms and shapes . Cleveland's good idea is to choose an aspect ...
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... graph reveals the serious risks of a launch at 29 ° . Over the years , the O - rings had persistent problems at cooler temperatures : indeed , every launch below 66 ° resulted in damaged O - rings ; on warmer days , only a few flights ...
... graph reveals the serious risks of a launch at 29 ° . Over the years , the O - rings had persistent problems at cooler temperatures : indeed , every launch below 66 ° resulted in damaged O - rings ; on warmer days , only a few flights ...
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... graph depicts only launches with O - ring 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 ...
... graph depicts only launches with O - ring 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 ...
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