Thinking with Diagrams

Alan F. Blackwell

ISBN 10: 0792369440 / ISBN 13: 9780792369448

Edité par Springer Netherlands, Springer Netherlands Apr 2001, 2001

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Neuware -This book provides an introductory overview of the rapid growth in interdisciplinary research into Thinking with Diagrams. Diagrammatic representations are becoming more common in everyday human experience, yet they offer unique challenges to cognitive science research. Neither linguistic nor perceptual theories are sufficient to completely explain their advantages and applications. These research challenges may be part of the reason why so many diagrams are badly designed or badly used. This is ironic when the user interfaces of computer software and the worldwide web are becoming so completely dominated by graphical and diagrammatic representations. This book includes chapters commissioned from leading researchers in the major disciplines involved in diagrams research. They review the philosophical status of diagrams, the cognitive processes involved in their application, and a range of specialist fields in which diagrams are central, including education, architectural design and visual programming languages. The result is immediately relevant to researchers in cognitive science and artificial intelligence, as well as in applied technology areas such as human-computer interaction and information design.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 158 pp. Englisch.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Thinking with Diagrams
• Éditeur: Springer Netherlands, Springer Netherlands Apr 2001
• Date de parution: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0792369440
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780792369448
• Reliure: Buch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 241 L x 160 H x 14 P (en millimètres) 241 millimètres de largeur par 160 millimètres de hauteur par 14 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 410 grammes

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This book provides an introductory overview of the rapid growth in interdisciplinary research into Thinking with Diagrams. Diagrammatic representations are becoming more common in everyday human experience, yet they offer unique challenges to cognitive science research. Neither linguistic nor perceptual theories are sufficient to completely explain their advantages and applications. These research challenges may be part of the reason why so many diagrams are badly designed or badly used. This is ironic when the user interfaces of computer software and the worldwide web are becoming so completely dominated by graphical and diagrammatic representations. This book includes chapters commissioned from leading researchers in the major disciplines involved in diagrams research. They review the philosophical status of diagrams, the cognitive processes involved in their application, and a range of specialist fields in which diagrams are central, including education, architectural design and visual programming languages. The result is immediately relevant to researchers in cognitive science and artificial intelligence, as well as in applied technology areas such as human-computer interaction and information design.