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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... reveal the proposed redesign , the space between us and the pavilion has now become intimate and comfortable , filled with well - dressed visitors ( giants , compared with the drab Lilliputian pole - people ) . A lush garden and patio ...
... reveal the proposed redesign , the space between us and the pavilion has now become intimate and comfortable , filled with well - dressed visitors ( giants , compared with the drab Lilliputian pole - people ) . A lush garden and patio ...
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... reveal what they choose to reveal . That selection of data - whether partisan , hurried , haphazard , uninformed , thoughtful , wise — can make all the difference , determining the scope of the evidence and thereby setting the analytic ...
... reveal what they choose to reveal . That selection of data - whether partisan , hurried , haphazard , uninformed , thoughtful , wise — can make all the difference , determining the scope of the evidence and thereby setting the analytic ...
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... reveal a risk that was in fact present . As presentation graphics , the displays failed to persuade government officials that a cold - weather launch might be dangerous . In designing those displays , the chartmakers didn't quite know ...
... reveal a risk that was in fact present . As presentation graphics , the displays failed to persuade government officials that a cold - weather launch might be dangerous . In designing those displays , the chartmakers didn't quite know ...
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