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What is Information Visualization, Second Edition: Perception for Design about?
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. Information Visualization transcends the often-divergent approaches to visualization taken by individual disciplines. It will prove a fascinating, practical resource for anyone who uses graphical presentation as a key to successful analysis and communication: graphic artists, user interface/interaction designers, financial analysts, data miners, and managers faced with information-intensive challenges.
Who reads Information Visualization, Second Edition: Perception for Design?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Colin Ware
- Publisher
- Morgan Kaufmann Publishers
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781558608191
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Engineering, Technology, Psychology
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
Other editions & translations
- Information Visualization: Perception for Design (Interactive Technologies) (2012)
- Information Visualization, Second Edition: Perception for Design (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive Technologies) (2004)
- Information Visualization, Second Edition: Perception for Design (Interactive Technologies) (2004)
- Information Visualization: Perception for Design (Interactive Technologies) (2020)
- Information Visualization, Third Edition: Perception for Design (2012)
- Information Visualization: Perception for Design (Interactive Technologies) (2004)
- Information Visualization: Perception for Design (Interactive Technologies) (2019)
- Information Visualization: Perception for Design (Interactive Technologies) (2000)
- Information Visualization: Perception for Design (Interactive Technologies) (2021)
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