Ware, Colin.
Information visualization : perception for design / Colin Ware. - 3rd ed. - Waltham, MA : Morgan Kaufmann, c2013. - xx, 512 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. - Interactive technologies. .
Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1. Foundations for an Applied Science of Data Visualization Chapter 2. The Environment, Optics, Resolution, and the Display Chapter 3. Lightness, Brightness, Contrast and Constancy Chapter 4. Color Chapter 5. Visual Salience and Finding Information Chapter 6. Static and Moving Patterns Chapter 7. Space Perception Chapter 8. Visual Objects and Data Objects Chapter 9. Images, Narrative, and Gestures for Explanation Chapter 10. Interacting with Visualizations Chapter 11. Visual Thinking Processes.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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"--
9780123814647 (hbk.) : NT1785 0123814642 (hbk.)
2012009489
Visual perception.
Visualization.
Information visualization.
Information visualization : perception for design / Colin Ware. - 3rd ed. - Waltham, MA : Morgan Kaufmann, c2013. - xx, 512 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. - Interactive technologies. .
Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1. Foundations for an Applied Science of Data Visualization Chapter 2. The Environment, Optics, Resolution, and the Display Chapter 3. Lightness, Brightness, Contrast and Constancy Chapter 4. Color Chapter 5. Visual Salience and Finding Information Chapter 6. Static and Moving Patterns Chapter 7. Space Perception Chapter 8. Visual Objects and Data Objects Chapter 9. Images, Narrative, and Gestures for Explanation Chapter 10. Interacting with Visualizations Chapter 11. Visual Thinking Processes.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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"--
9780123814647 (hbk.) : NT1785 0123814642 (hbk.)
2012009489
Visual perception.
Visualization.
Information visualization.