TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cairo,Alberto
TI  - The functional art: an introduction to information graphics and visualization 
SN  - 9780321834737
AV  - T385 .C33875 2013
U1  - 006.6 23
KW  - Computer graphics
KW  - Charts, diagrams, etc
KW  - Design
KW  - Information visualization
N1  - "Includes a complete introductory information graphics video course"--Cover; Introduction --; 1; Why visualize : from information to wisdom --; 2; Forms and functions : visualization as a technology --; 3; The beauty paradox : art and communication --; 4; The complexity challenge : presentation and exploration --; 5; The eye and the visual brain --; 6; Visualizing for the mind --; 7; Images in the head --; 8; Creating information graphics --; 9; The rise of interactive graphics; Profiles; The infographics gentleman; John Grimwade, Condé Nast traveler magazine; Information art; Juan Velaso and Fernando Baptista, National geographic magazine; All the infographics that are fit to print; Steve Duenes and Xaquín G.V., New York times; Capital infographics; Hannah Fairfield, Washington post; Germanic precision; Jan Schwochow, Golden Section Graphics; Visualization in academia; Geoff McGhee, Stanford University; Quantitative humanism; Hans Rosling, Gapminder Foundation; Truth and beauty operator; Mortiz Stefaner; The rising stars; Gregor Aisch and Jan Willem Tulp; Visualizing literature; Stefanie Posavec --; Bibliography --; Index
ER  -