Readings in information visualization

Using vision to think

Edited by Stuart Card, Jock Mackinlay, Ben Shneiderman

 SUMMARY: This book defines the emerging field of information
          visualization and offers a collection of papers
          of the discipline, with introductions and analytical
          discussions of each topic and paper. The authors'
          intention is to present papers that focus on the use
          of visualization to discover relationships, using
          interactive graphics to amplify thought.


CONTENTS:
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1. Information visualization
2. Space
   - Physical Data
   - 1D, 2D, 3D
   - Multiple Dimensions >3
   - Trees
   - Networks
3. Interaction
   - Dynamic queries
   - Interactive analysis
   - Overview + detail
4. Focus + context
   - Fisheye views
   - Bifocal Lens
   - Distorted views
   - Alternate geometry
5. Data mapping: text
   - Text in 1D
   - Text in 2D
   - Text in 3D
   - Text in 3D + time
6. Higher-level visualization
   - InfoSphere
   - Workspaces
   - Visual objects
7. Using vision to think
8. Applications and innovations
9. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index


Paperback, 712 pages
Price: $ 69.95 USA
Published: January 1999
Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, San Francisco
ISBN: 1-55860-533-9

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