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A Concise Introduction to Scientific Visualization : Past, Present, and Future / by Brad Eric Hollister, Alex Pang.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hollister, Brad Eric., Author.
- Pang, Alex, Author.
- Series:
- Computer Science (SpringerNature-11645)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Computers-History.
- Information visualization.
- Computer graphics.
- User interfaces (Computer systems).
- Human-computer interaction.
- History of Computing.
- Data and Information Visualization.
- Computer Graphics.
- User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.
- Local Subjects:
- History of Computing.
- Data and Information Visualization.
- Computer Graphics.
- User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (VII, 107 pages) : 82 illustrations, 61 illustrations in color.
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2022.
- Contained In:
- Springer Nature eBook
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2022.
- System Details:
- text file PDF
- Summary:
- 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. .
- Contents:
- Preface
- Early Visual Models
- Illustration and Analysis
- Scientific Visualization in the 19th Century
- A Convergence with Computer Science
- Recent Developments
- The Future
- Bibliography.
- Other Format:
- Printed edition:
- ISBN:
- 978-3-030-86419-4
- 9783030864194
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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