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Interactive Visualization Insight Through Inquiry

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ISBN-10: 0262018152

ISBN-13: 9780262018159

Edition: 2012

Authors: Bill Ferster, Ben Shneiderman

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Interactive visualization is emerging as a vibrant new form of communication, providing compelling presentations that allow viewers to interact directly with information in order to construct their own understandings of it. Building on a long tradition of print-based information visualization, interactive visualization utilizes the technological capabilities of computers, the Internet, and computer graphics to marshal multifaceted information in the service of making a point visually. This book offers an introduction to the field, presenting a framework for exploring historical, theoretical, and practical issues. It is not a "how-to" book tied to specific and soon-to-be-outdated software…    
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Book details

List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 10/19/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 296
Size: 7.31" wide x 9.37" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.760
Language: English

Ben Shneiderman is Professor of Computer Science and Founding Director (1983--2000) of the Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Foreword
Preface
About Interactive Visualization
Introduction
An Assertive Approach to Visualization
Ask a Question
Search for Information
Structure the Information
Envision the Answer
Represent the Visualization
Tell a Story Using Data
Visualization in the Classroom
The Internet
Statistics
Using Spreadsheets
Databases and XML
Accessibility
About VisualEyes
Further Reading
References
Index