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Most designers know that yellow text presented against a blue background reads clearly and easily, but how many can explain why, and what really are the best ways to help others and ourselves clearly see key patterns in a bunch of data? This book explores the art and science of why we see objects th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ware, Colin
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: San Francisco, CA : Morgan Kaufman, [2004]
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:Morgan Kaufmann series in interactive technologies.
Subjects:
Quality control.
Information visualization > Data processing.
Engineering inspection.
Informatie.
Visualisatie.
Beeldcommunicatie.
Vormgeving.
Controle da qualidade.
Processamento gráfico.
Computação aplicada.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Foundation for a science of data visualization; Environment, Optics, Resolution, and the display; Lightness, brightness, contrast, and constancy; Color; Visual attention and information that pops out; Static and moving patterns; Visual objects and data objects; Space perception and the display of data in space; Images, words, and gestures; Interacting with visualizations; Thinking with visualization.