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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810732203321

Autore

Ware Colin

Titolo

Information visualization : perception for design / / Colin Ware

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier/MK, c2013

ISBN

1-283-73510-5

0-12-381465-0

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (537 p.)

Collana

Interactive Technologies

Disciplina

152.14

Soggetti

Information visualization

Visual perception

Visualization

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

Front Cover; Preface; About the Author; Appendix A: Changing Primaries; Appendix B: CIE Color Measurement System; Appendix C: The Perceptual Evaluation of Visualization Techniques and Systems; Appendix D: Guidelines; Bibliography; Index; A; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Most designers know that yellow text presented against a blue background reads clearly and easily, but how many can explain why, and what really are the best ways to help others and ourselves clearly see key patterns in a bunch of data? When we use software, access a website, or view business or scientific graphics, our understanding is greatly enhanced or impeded by the way the information is presented.   This book explores the art and science of why we see objects the way we do. Based on the science of perception and vision, the author presents the key principles at work for a wide r