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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... rockets mounted on the sides of the central tank . Segments of the booster rockets are shipped to the launch site , where Lower segment of rocket casing they are assembled to make the solid - fuel rockets . Where these segments mate ...
... rockets mounted on the sides of the central tank . Segments of the booster rockets are shipped to the launch site , where Lower segment of rocket casing they are assembled to make the solid - fuel rockets . Where these segments mate ...
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... Rockets marked with the damage code show the seven flights with O - ring problems . Launch temperature is given for each pair of rockets . Like the data matrix we saw earlier , this display contains all the infor- mation necessary to ...
... Rockets marked with the damage code show the seven flights with O - ring problems . Launch temperature is given for each pair of rockets . Like the data matrix we saw earlier , this display contains all the infor- mation necessary to ...
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... rockets must be placed in order by temperature , the possible cause . Above , the rockets are so ordered by temperature . This clearly shows the serious risks of a cold launch , for most O - ring damage occurs at cooler temperatures ...
... rockets must be placed in order by temperature , the possible cause . Above , the rockets are so ordered by temperature . This clearly shows the serious risks of a cold launch , for most O - ring damage occurs at cooler temperatures ...
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