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We are living in the Golden Age of Data Visualization. The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated how we increasingly use data visualizations to make sense of the world. Business analysts fill their presentations with charts, journalists use infographics to engage their readers, we rely on the dials and gauges on our household appliances, and we use mapping apps on our smartphones to find our way.

This book explains how and why this has happened. It details the evolution of information graphics, the kinds of graphics at the core of data visualizationmaps, diagrams, charts, scientific and medical imagesfrom prehistory to the present day. It explains how the cultural context, production and presentation technologies, and data availability have shaped the history of data visualization. It considers the perceptual and cognitive reasons why data visualization is so effective and explores the little-known world of tactile graphicsraised-line drawings used by people who are blind. The bo

The Golden Age of Data Visualization

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      Publisher Taylor & Francis
      Imprint Taylor & Francis Ltd
      Published 9 April 2024
      ISBN-13 9781032830773
      978-1032830773
      ISBN-10 1032830778
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      We are living in the Golden Age of Data Visualization. The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated how we increasingly use data visualizations to make sense of the world. Business analysts fill their presentations with charts, journalists use infographics to engage their readers, we rely on the dials and gauges on our household appliances, and we use mapping apps on our smartphones to find our way.

      This book explains how and why this has happened. It details the evolution of information graphics, the kinds of graphics at the core of data visualizationmaps, diagrams, charts, scientific and medical imagesfrom prehistory to the present day. It explains how the cultural context, production and presentation technologies, and data availability have shaped the history of data visualization. It considers the perceptual and cognitive reasons why data visualization is so effective and explores the little-known world of tactile graphicsraised-line drawings used by people who are blind. The bo

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