Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Computer graphics
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Introduction to Harvard Graphics
A History of Data Visualization and Graphic Communication
Author: Michael Friendly
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674259041
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
A comprehensive history of data visualization—its origins, rise, and effects on the ways we think about and solve problems. With complex information everywhere, graphics have become indispensable to our daily lives. Navigation apps show real-time, interactive traffic data. A color-coded map of exit polls details election balloting down to the county level. Charts communicate stock market trends, government spending, and the dangers of epidemics. A History of Data Visualization and Graphic Communication tells the story of how graphics left the exclusive confines of scientific research and became ubiquitous. As data visualization spread, it changed the way we think. Michael Friendly and Howard Wainer take us back to the beginnings of graphic communication in the mid-seventeenth century, when the Dutch cartographer Michael Florent van Langren created the first chart of statistical data, which showed estimates of the distance from Rome to Toledo. By 1786 William Playfair had invented the line graph and bar chart to explain trade imports and exports. In the nineteenth century, the “golden age” of data display, graphics found new uses in tracking disease outbreaks and understanding social issues. Friendly and Wainer make the case that the explosion in graphical communication both reinforced and was advanced by a cognitive revolution: visual thinking. Across disciplines, people realized that information could be conveyed more effectively by visual displays than by words or tables of numbers. Through stories and illustrations, A History of Data Visualization and Graphic Communication details the 400-year evolution of an intellectual framework that has become essential to both science and society at large.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674259041
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
A comprehensive history of data visualization—its origins, rise, and effects on the ways we think about and solve problems. With complex information everywhere, graphics have become indispensable to our daily lives. Navigation apps show real-time, interactive traffic data. A color-coded map of exit polls details election balloting down to the county level. Charts communicate stock market trends, government spending, and the dangers of epidemics. A History of Data Visualization and Graphic Communication tells the story of how graphics left the exclusive confines of scientific research and became ubiquitous. As data visualization spread, it changed the way we think. Michael Friendly and Howard Wainer take us back to the beginnings of graphic communication in the mid-seventeenth century, when the Dutch cartographer Michael Florent van Langren created the first chart of statistical data, which showed estimates of the distance from Rome to Toledo. By 1786 William Playfair had invented the line graph and bar chart to explain trade imports and exports. In the nineteenth century, the “golden age” of data display, graphics found new uses in tracking disease outbreaks and understanding social issues. Friendly and Wainer make the case that the explosion in graphical communication both reinforced and was advanced by a cognitive revolution: visual thinking. Across disciplines, people realized that information could be conveyed more effectively by visual displays than by words or tables of numbers. Through stories and illustrations, A History of Data Visualization and Graphic Communication details the 400-year evolution of an intellectual framework that has become essential to both science and society at large.
Introduction to Harvard Graphics
Author: Martha Krieg
Publisher: Pippin Pub
ISBN: 9780962407376
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Publisher: Pippin Pub
ISBN: 9780962407376
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Harvard Graphics 2.3 Made Easy
Author: Mary Campbell
Publisher: Osborne Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
COMPUTER-DESKTOP PUBLISHING
Publisher: Osborne Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
COMPUTER-DESKTOP PUBLISHING
Using Harvard Graphics
Author: Stephen W. Sagman
Publisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN:
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
The nationwide bestseller--updated for Version 2.3--presents step-by-step instructions, hundreds of samples, charts, and graphs. Discusses bar, pie, and line graphs and charts, plus advanced presentation tips.
Publisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN:
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
The nationwide bestseller--updated for Version 2.3--presents step-by-step instructions, hundreds of samples, charts, and graphs. Discusses bar, pie, and line graphs and charts, plus advanced presentation tips.
Newsletter
Author: United States. Department of State
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Diplomatic and consular service, American
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Diplomatic and consular service, American
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
State
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Diplomatic and consular service
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Diplomatic and consular service
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry
Author: Daniel J. Jacob
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691001855
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Atmospheric chemistry is one of the fastest growing fields in the earth sciences. Until now, however, there has been no book designed to help students capture the essence of the subject in a brief course of study. Daniel Jacob, a leading researcher and teacher in the field, addresses that problem by presenting the first textbook on atmospheric chemistry for a one-semester course. Based on the approach he developed in his class at Harvard, Jacob introduces students in clear and concise chapters to the fundamentals as well as the latest ideas and findings in the field. Jacob's aim is to show students how to use basic principles of physics and chemistry to describe a complex system such as the atmosphere. He also seeks to give students an overview of the current state of research and the work that led to this point. Jacob begins with atmospheric structure, design of simple models, atmospheric transport, and the continuity equation, and continues with geochemical cycles, the greenhouse effect, aerosols, stratospheric ozone, the oxidizing power of the atmosphere, smog, and acid rain. Each chapter concludes with a problem set based on recent scientific literature. This is a novel approach to problem-set writing, and one that successfully introduces students to the prevailing issues. This is a major contribution to a growing area of study and will be welcomed enthusiastically by students and teachers alike.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691001855
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Atmospheric chemistry is one of the fastest growing fields in the earth sciences. Until now, however, there has been no book designed to help students capture the essence of the subject in a brief course of study. Daniel Jacob, a leading researcher and teacher in the field, addresses that problem by presenting the first textbook on atmospheric chemistry for a one-semester course. Based on the approach he developed in his class at Harvard, Jacob introduces students in clear and concise chapters to the fundamentals as well as the latest ideas and findings in the field. Jacob's aim is to show students how to use basic principles of physics and chemistry to describe a complex system such as the atmosphere. He also seeks to give students an overview of the current state of research and the work that led to this point. Jacob begins with atmospheric structure, design of simple models, atmospheric transport, and the continuity equation, and continues with geochemical cycles, the greenhouse effect, aerosols, stratospheric ozone, the oxidizing power of the atmosphere, smog, and acid rain. Each chapter concludes with a problem set based on recent scientific literature. This is a novel approach to problem-set writing, and one that successfully introduces students to the prevailing issues. This is a major contribution to a growing area of study and will be welcomed enthusiastically by students and teachers alike.
The NIH Record
NIH Training Center Catalog and Calendar
Author: NIH Training Center (U.S.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description