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Scientific visualization has always been an integral part of discovery, starting first with simplified drawings of the pre-Enlightenment and progressing to present day. Mathematical formalism often supersedes visual methods, but their use is at the core of the mental process. As historical examples, a spatial description of flow led to electromagnetic theory, and without visualization of crystals, structural chemistry would not exist. With the advent of computer graphics technology, visualization has become a driving force in modern computing.

A Concise Introduction to Scientific Visualization – Past, Present, and Future serves as a primer to visualization without assuming prior knowledge. It discusses both the history of visualization in scientific endeavour, and how scientific visualization is currently shaping the progress of science as a multi-disciplinary domain.




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Preface.- Early Visual Models.- Illustration and Analysis.- Scientific Visualization in the 19th Century.- A Convergence with Computer Science.- Recent Developments.- The Future.- Bibliography

A Concise Introduction to Scientific Visualization: Past, Present, and Future

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      Publisher Springer Nature Switzerland AG
      Published 2 January 2022
      ISBN-13 9783030864187
      978-3030864187
      ISBN-10 3030864189
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      Computing Graphics programming Mathematics Combinatorics and graph theory Science & Nature Science: general issues

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Scientific visualization has always been an integral part of discovery, starting first with simplified drawings of the pre-Enlightenment and progressing to present day. Mathematical formalism often supersedes visual methods, but their use is at the core of the mental process. As historical examples, a spatial description of flow led to electromagnetic theory, and without visualization of crystals, structural chemistry would not exist. With the advent of computer graphics technology, visualization has become a driving force in modern computing.

      A Concise Introduction to Scientific Visualization – Past, Present, and Future serves as a primer to visualization without assuming prior knowledge. It discusses both the history of visualization in scientific endeavour, and how scientific visualization is currently shaping the progress of science as a multi-disciplinary domain.




      Table of Contents

      Preface.- Early Visual Models.- Illustration and Analysis.- Scientific Visualization in the 19th Century.- A Convergence with Computer Science.- Recent Developments.- The Future.- Bibliography

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