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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... means of a small visual move . Small differences can send clear signals . Consider these two color fields indicating selected text on a computer screen . Below left , the ragged edge has a strong but irrelevant presence . Also , as text ...
... means of a small visual move . Small differences can send clear signals . Consider these two color fields indicating selected text on a computer screen . Below left , the ragged edge has a strong but irrelevant presence . Also , as text ...
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... means " This O does not represent a sunspot , rather this O labels another O - like mark which does represent a sunspot . " Description of this apparatus in the Latin original ( above ) breaks up the sequence , and may induce viewers to ...
... means " This O does not represent a sunspot , rather this O labels another O - like mark which does represent a sunspot . " Description of this apparatus in the Latin original ( above ) breaks up the sequence , and may induce viewers to ...
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... means more effective comparisons.11 Our fish presentations here have featured the foureye butterflyfish ( Chaetodon capistratus ) , recognized by large false eyes near the tail and by concealed real eyes masked by a dark line passing ...
... means more effective comparisons.11 Our fish presentations here have featured the foureye butterflyfish ( Chaetodon capistratus ) , recognized by large false eyes near the tail and by concealed real eyes masked by a dark line passing ...
Contents
Contents | 13 |
Displays of Evidence for Making Decisions | 27 |
Pictorial Instructions and Disinformation Design | 55 |
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