Information visualization : perception for design

This is a book about what the science of perception can tell us about visualization. There is a gold mine of information about how we see to be found in more than a century of work by vision researchers. The purpose of this book is to extract from that large body of research literature those design...

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Main Author: Ware, Colin (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Waltham, Massachusetts : Elsevier , c2013
Edition:3rd ed
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260 |a Waltham, Massachusetts :   |b Elsevier ,   |c c2013 
300 |a xx, 512 p. :   |b ill. (some col.) ;   |c 24 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [459]-496) and index 
505 0 |a 1. Foundations for an applied science of data visualization -- 2. The environment, optics, resolution, and the display -- 3. Lightness, brightness, contrast, and constancy -- 4. Color -- 5. Visual salience and finding information -- 6. Static and moving patterns -- 7. Space perception -- 8. Visual objects and data objects -- 9. Images, narrative, and gestures for explanation -- 10. Interacting with visualizations -- 11. Visual thinking processes 
520 |a This is a book about what the science of perception can tell us about visualization. There is a gold mine of information about how we see to be found in more than a century of work by vision researchers. The purpose of this book is to extract from that large body of research literature those design principles that apply to displaying information effectively" 
650 0 |a Information visualization 
650 0 |a Visual perception 
650 0 |a Visualization 
999 |a 1000158316   |b Book   |c OPEN SHELF (30 DAYS)   |e Gong Badak Campus