Atlas of science : visualizing what we know
Title:
Atlas of science : visualizing what we know
Author:
Borner, Katy
ISBN:
9780262014458
Publication Information:
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2010
Physical Description:
xi, 254 p. : ill. ; 29 x 34 cm
General Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Abstract:
Presents more than thirty full-page science maps, fifty data charts, a timeline of science-mapping milestones, and 500 color images, which serve as a sumptuous visual index to the evolution of modern science and as an introduction to "the science of science"--charting the trajectory from scientific concept to published results.
Subject:
| Classification of sciences -- Atlases |
| Science -- Atlases |
| Visual communication in science |
| Information visualization |
| Communication in science -- Data processing |
| Digital mapping |
Summary:
Presents more than thirty full-page science maps, fifty data charts, a timeline of science-mapping milestones, and 500 color images, which serve as a sumptuous visual index to the evolution of modern science and as an introduction to "the science of science"--charting the trajectory from scientific concept to published results.