New Book: Information Visualization

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Date: 2000/01/28
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INFORMATION VISUALIZATION: PERCEPTION FOR DESIGN by Colin Ware

Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, January 2000, ISBN 1-55860-511-8

This is the first book to combine a strictly scientific approach to human perception with a practical concern for the rules governing the effective visual presentation of information. Surveying the research of leading psychologists and neurophysiologists, the author isolates key principles at work in vision and perception, and from them, derives specific, effective visualization techniques, suitable for a wide range of scenarios. You can apply these principles in ways to optimize how others perceive visual information-resulting in improved clarity, utility, and persuasiveness. Likewise, you can apply them to your own exploratory data analyses to develop display strategies that make data patterns and their significance easier to discern.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Foundation for a Science of Data Visualization
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 3D Data Display
Chapter 9: Images and Words

Chapter 10: Visually Mediated Interaction with Data

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