Atlas of Science: Visualizing What We Know - Couverture rigide

Borner, Katy

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ISBN 10 : 0262014459 ISBN 13 : 9780262014458

Editeur : The MIT Press, 2010

Synopsis

Atlas of Science Science maps that can help us understand and navigate the immense amount of results generated by today's science and technology. Full description

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

"In today's confusing and fast-changing world, if we are to shape our children's lives for the best, it is essential that we understand what science is thinking, where it's coming from, and where it's going. This fascinating, lucid, brilliantly illustrated book shows us all that." --James Burke, author of Connections "Science is a voyage of discovery and Katy Borner has provided its first atlas. This excellent book offers a compendium of all that is best in explaining visual maps of our scientific knowledge." --Michael Batty, University College London, author of Cities and Complexity: Understanding Cities with Cellular Automata, Agent-Based Models, and Fractals (MIT Press)

"In the 'Atlas of Science', information scientist Katy Borner highlights examples that summarise the evolution of research and its interlocking communities in pictorial form. The book accompanies Borner s ambitious travelling exhibitions, 'Places & Spaces: Mapping Science', an ongoing programme of well-crafted visual presentations that have conveyed aspects of science to the public in libraries and museums since 2005 (http://scimaps.org). Contributors to the book get bylines and photos, making the collection a collaborative effort with diverse voices. Each two-page spread is a sumptuous feast of dense prose, delicious visuals and engaging quotations....Borner sets out the story of scientific map-making well. She shows a range of examples based on aspects of science: geographical maps, historical timelines, taxonomic hierarchies, citation networks and various forms of textual graphics. Readers will learn about the geographic concentrations of the creative class in Europe, North America and Japan; Wikipedia editing patterns; rising patent citations; and pathways to discoveries such as the structure of DNA....Borner s magnificent book offers provocative new maps of science that will inspire fresh thinking." --Ben Shneiderman, Nature

"Featuring one unique and intriguing visual design after another, Atlas of Science illustrates the origin and evolution of science mapping." --Chaomei Chen, Drexel University, author of Mapping Scientific Frontiers

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Cartographic maps have guided our explorations for centuries, allowing us to navigate the world. Science maps have the potential to guide our search for knowledge in the same way, helping us navigate, understand, and communicate the dynamic and changing structure of science and technology. Allowing us to visualize scientific results, science maps help us make sense of the avalanche of data generated by scientific research today. Atlas of Science, features more than thirty full-page science maps, fifty data charts, a timeline of science-mapping milestones, and 500 color images; it serves 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. Atlas of Science, based on the popular exhibit "Places & Spaces: Mapping Science," describes and displays successful mapping techniques. The heart of the book is a visual feast: Claudius Ptolemy's Cosmographia World Map from 1482; a guide to a PhD thesis that resembles a subway map; "the structure of science" as revealed in a map of citation relationships in papers published in 2002; a periodic table; a history flow visualization of the Wikipedia article on abortion; a globe showing the worldwide distribution of patents; a forecast of earthquake risk; hands-on science maps for kids; and many more. Each entry includes the story behind the map and biographies of its makers. Not even the most brilliant minds can keep up with today's deluge of scientific results. Science maps show us the landscape of what we know. Exhibition Ongoing National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. The Institute for Research Information and Quality Assurance, Bonn, Germany Storm Hall, San Diego State College

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: The MIT Press
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0262014459
• ISBN 13: 9780262014458
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 272