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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458963903321

Autore

Bender John B

Titolo

The culture of diagram [[electronic resource] /] / John Bender and Michael Marrinan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, c2010

ISBN

0-8047-7325-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (295 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MarrinanMichael

Disciplina

121/.35

Soggetti

Visualization

Visual perception

Art and science

Art, Modern - History

Scientific literature - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1 SCENARIO; 2 DIAGRAM; 3 DESCRIPTIONS; 4 VISUALIZATIONS; 5 NUMBERS; 6 CROSSINGS; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book defines diagrams as tools manipulated by users to produce new kinds of understanding and demonstrates that a modern diagrammatic knowledge emerged in eighteenth-century visual culture to become the foundation of later nineteenth-century science.