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About this book
Information Visualization is the major revision of a classic work on information visualization. This book explores the art and science of why we see objects the way we do. Based on the science of perception and vision, the author presents the key principles at work for a wide range of applications - resulting in visualization of improved clarity, utility, and persuasiveness. This is the first work to use the science of perception to help serious designers and analysts optimize understanding and perception of their data visualizations.
This unique and essential guide to human visual perception and related cognitive principles will enrich courses on information visualization and empower designers to see their way forward. Its updated review of empirical research and interface design examples will do much to accelerate innovation and adoption of information visualization. New to this edition are a new chapter on visual thinking, new sections on face perception and flow visualization, and a much-expanded chapter on color and color sequences.
This book will appeal to interaction designers; graphic designers of all kinds (including web designers); financial analysts; research scientists and engineers; data miners; and managers faced with information-intensive challenges.
*First work to use the science of perception to help serious designers and analysts optimize understanding and perception of their data visualizations.* Major revision of this classic work, with a new chapter on visual thinking, new sections on face perception and flow visualization, and a much expanded chapter on color and color sequences. *New to this edition is the full color treatment throughout, to better display over 400 illustrations.
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Information
•
Visualization
facilitates
hypothesis
formation.
For
example,
the
visualization
in
Figure
1.1
was
directly
responsible
for
a
research
paper
concerning
the
geological
significance
of
the
pockmark
features
(Gray
et
al.,
1997).
This
first
chapter
has
the
general
goal
of
defining
the
scope
of
a
science
of
visualization
based
on
perceptual
principles.
Much
of
it
is
devoted
to
outlining
the
intellectual
basis
of
the
endeavor
and
providing
an
overview
of
the
kinds
of
experimental
techniques
appropriate
to
visualization
research.
In
the
latter
half
of
the
chapter,
a
brief
overview
of
human
visual
processing
is
intro-
duced
to
provide
a
kind
of
road
map
to
the
more
detailed
analysis
of
later
chapters.
The
chapter
concludes
with
a
categorization
of
data.
It
is
important
to
have
a
conception
of
the
kinds
of
data
we
may
wish
to
visualize
so
that
we
can
talk
in
general
terms
about
the
ways
in
which
whole
classes
of
data
should
be
represented.
V
i
s
u
a
l
i
z
a
t
i
o
n
S
t
a
g
e
s
The
process
of
data
visualization
includes
four
basic
stages,
combined
in
a
number
of
feedback
loops.
These
are
illustrated
in
Figure
1.2.
4
INFORMATION
VISUALIZATION:
PERCEPTION
FOR
DESIGN
Figure
1.2
A
schematic
diagram
of
the
visualization
process.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Figure Credits
- Foreword
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Foundation for a Science of Data Visualisation
- Chapter 2 The Environment, Optics, Resolution and the Display
- Chapter 3 Lightness, Brightness, Contrast and Constancy
- Chapter 4 Color
- Chapter 5 Visual Attention and Information that Pops Out
- Chapter 6 Static and Moving Patterns
- Chapter 7 Visual Objects and Data Objects
- Chapter 8 Space Perception and the Display of Data in Space
- Chapter 9 Images, Worlds and Gestures
- Chapter 10 Interacting with Visualizations
- Chapter 11 Thinking with Visualizations
- Appendix A Changing Primaries
- Appendix B CIE Color Measurement System
- Appendix C The Perceptual Evaluation of Visualization Techniques and Systems
- Bibliography
- Subject Index
- Author Index
- About the Author
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