Atlas of knowledge : anyone can map / Katy Börner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Börner, Katy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information visualization.

Science--Atlases.

Science.

Statistics--Graphic methods.

Statistics.

Science--Study and teaching--Graphic methods.

Communication in science--Data processing.

Communication in science.

Technical illustration.

Graph design.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The MIT Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The power of mapping: principles for visualizing knowledge, illustrated by many stunning large-scale, full-color maps.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Part 1: Science and Technology Facts""; ""Science and Technology from Above""; ""Systems Science Approach""; ""Micro: Individual Level""; ""Meso: Local Level""; ""Macro: Global Level""; ""Universal: Multilevel""; ""S&T Dynamics: Trends and Bursts of Activity""; ""S&T Dynamics: Structural Changes""; ""S&T Dynamics: Diffusion and Feedback Patterns""; ""Part 2: Envisioning Science and Technology""; ""Motivation""; ""Foundations and Aspirations""; ""Framework""; ""Needs-Driven Workflow Design""; ""Insight Need Types""

""Data Scale Types""""Visualization Types""; ""Graphic Symbol Types""; ""Graphic Variable Types""; ""Graphic Variable Types Versus Graphic Symbol Types""; ""Acquire""; ""User Needs Acquisition""; ""Data Acquisition""; ""Analyze & Visualize""; ""Statistical Studies""; ""Statistical Visualization Types""; ""Temporal Studies�“When�""; ""Temporal Visualization Types""; ""Geospatial Studies�“Where�""; ""Geospatial Visualization Types""; ""Topical Studies�“What�""; ""Topical Visualization Types""; ""Network Studies�“With Whom�""; ""Network Visualization Types""

""Studying Dynamics""""Deploy""; ""Combination""; ""Interaction""; ""Human-Computer Interface""; ""Interpret""; ""Validation and Interpretation""; ""Part 3: Science Maps in Action""; ""Places & Spaces: Mapping Science""; ""Fourth Iteration (2008): Science Maps for Economic Decision Makers""; ""Europe Raw Cotton Imports in 1858, 1864, and 1865""; ""Shrinking of Our Planet""; ""Tracing of Key Events in the Development of the Video Tape Recorder""; ""World Finance Corporation, Miami, Florida, ca 1970�1979 (6th Version)""; ""Examining the Evolution and Distribution of Patent Classifications""

""Ecological Footprint""""The Product Space""; ""4D. The Structured Visual Approach to Business-Issue Resolution""; ""The Scientific Roots of Technology""; ""A Global Projection of Subjective Well-Being""; ""Fifth Iteration (2009): Science Maps for Science Policy Makers""; ""Science and Society in Equilibrium""; ""Networks of Scientific Communications""; ""Realigning the Boston Traffic Separation Scheme to Reduce the Risk of Ship Strike to Right and Other Baleen Whales""; ""Mobile Landscapes: Using Location Data from Cell Phones for Urban Analysis""; ""Death and Taxes 2009""

""Chemical R&D Powers the U.S. Innovation Engine""""A Topic Map of NIH Grants 2007""; ""A Clickstream Map of Science""; ""U.S. Vulnerabilities in Science""; ""The Millennium Development Goals Map""; ""Sixth Iteration (2010): Science Maps for Scholars""; ""Tree of Life""; ""The Human Connectome""; ""Diseasome: The Human Disease Network""; ""Human Speechome Project""; ""Mapping the Archive: Prix Ars Electronica""; ""Knowledge Cartography""; ""Literary Empires: Mapping Temporal and Spatial Settings of Victorian Poetry""; ""The Emergence of Nanoscience & Technology""

""Weaving the Fabric of Science""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780262328432

0262328437

9780262328425

0262328429

OCLC:

905649852