Beautiful Visualization

Looking at Data through the Eyes of Experts

Julie Steele, Noah Iliinsky

416 pages, parution le 01/06/2010

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Résumé

Visualization is the graphic presentation of data - portrayals meant to reveal complex information at a glance. Think of the familiar map of the New York City subway system, or a diagram of the human brain. Successful visualizations are beautiful not only for their aesthetic design, but also for elegant layers of detail that efficiently generate insight and new understanding.

This book examines the methods of two dozen visualization experts who approach their projects from a variety of perspectives - as artists, designers, commentators, scientists, analysts, statisticians, and more. Together they demonstrate how visualization can help us make sense of the world.

Explore the importance of storytelling with a simple visualization exercise Learn how color conveys information that our brains recognize before we're fully aware of it Discover how the books we buy and the people we associate with reveal clues to our deeper selves Recognize a method to the madness of air travel with a visualization of civilian air traffic Find out how researchers investigate unknown phenomena, from initial sketches to published papers

L'auteur - Julie Steele

Julie Steele is an Editor at O'Reilly currently working on titles related to Python, SQL, PHP, web frameworks and CMS, databases (relational and non-relational), big data and cloud computing, and data visualization. She's also interested in data transparency and open government, and recently completed a master's degree in political science at Rutgers University.

L'auteur - Noah Iliinsky

Noah has spent the last several years thinking about effective approaches to creating diagrams and other types of information visualization. He also works in interface and interaction design, all from a functional and user-centered perspective. Before becoming a designer he was a programmer for several years. He has a master's in Technical Communication from the University of Washington, and a bachelor's in Physics from Reed College.

Sommaire

Chapter 1 On Beauty
Chapter 2 Once Upon a Stacked Time Series
Chapter 3 Wordle
Chapter 4 Color: The Cinderella of Data Visualization
Chapter 5 Mapping Information: Redesigning the New York City Subway Map
Chapter 6 Flight Patterns: A Deep Dive
Chapter 7 Your Choices Reveal Who You Are: Mining and Visualizing Social Patterns
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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	O'Reilly
Auteur(s)	Julie Steele, Noah Iliinsky
Parution	01/06/2010
Nb. de pages	416
Format	18 x 23.5
Couverture	Broché
Intérieur	Quadri
EAN13	9781449379865
ISBN13	978-1-4493-7986-5