How can cartoon images aid in understanding bacterial biological processes? What prompts physicists to blur their images before showing them to biologists? Considering that the astronomer’s data consists solely of invisible, electric impulses, what is the difference between representing outer space as images, graphs, or sound? How does a work of contemporary art differ from a scientific image if we cannot visually distinguish between the two? How do aesthetics, art, and design influence scientific visualization and vice versa? This volume asks critically important questions about scientific data representation and provides significant insights to a field that is interdisciplinary in its very core. The authors investigate scientific data representation through the joint optics of the humanities and natural sciences. The volume particularly appeals to scholars in visual and aesthetic studies, data visualization, scientific illustration, experience culture, information design, and science communication.
Rikke Schmidt Kjaergaard & Lotte Philipsen
Aesthetics of Scientific Data Representation [PDF ebook]
More than Pretty Pictures
Aesthetics of Scientific Data Representation [PDF ebook]
More than Pretty Pictures
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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 166 ● ISBN 9781317194538 ● Editor Rikke Schmidt Kjaergaard & Lotte Philipsen ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2017 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 5311931 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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