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Publisher
Amsterdam University Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 online resource : illustrations
Language
English
Description
Today we are witnessing an increased use of data visualization in society. Across domains such as work, education and the news, various forms of graphs, charts and maps are used to explain, convince and tell stories. In an era in which more and more data are produced and circulated digitally, and digital tools make visualization production increasingly accessible, it is important to study the conditions under which such visual texts are generated,...
Author
Publisher
Harvard Education Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
x, 198 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS), a teaching method that has been successfully implemented in schools and cultural institutions nationwide, provides for open-ended discussions of visual art that significantly increase students' critical thinking, language, and literacy skills. ... The book shows how VTS can be easily and effectively integrated into elementary classroom lessons in just ten hours a school year to create learner-centered environments...
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume : illustrations (color) ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"From Caldecott Honor-winning author-illustrator Steve Jenkins comes an in-depth look at the world's natural disasters, broken down into four distinct categories: earth, weather, life, and space. From timelines of causes and outcomes of each disaster, graphs highlighting humans' effect on the earth, and a text teeming with fresh, unexpected, and accurate information ready for readers to easily devour, Disasters by the Numbers is unmatched and sure...
Author
Series
Edition Medienwissenschaft volume 77
Publisher
transcript Verlag
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
Deutsch
Description
Wenn in wissenschaftlichen Zusammenhängen etwas sichtbar wird, dann häufig, weil es in experimentellen Verfahren sichtbar gemacht worden ist. Die operative »Sichtbarmachung« erlaubt neue Perspektiven auf die disjunktive Verschränktheit von Wissenschafts- und Mediengeschichte. Eine Archäologie des Sichtbaren - wie sie etwa am Beispiel mikrofotografischer Verfahren der Bakteriologie nachvollzogen werden kann - betont die materiell-diskursive...
Publisher
Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann
Pub. Date
©2005
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xvii, 962 pages, 80 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)
Language
English
Description
The Visualization Handbook provides an overview of the field of visualization by presenting the basic concepts, providing a snapshot of current visualization software systems, and examining research topics that are advancing the field. This text is intended for a broad audience, including not only the visualization expert seeking advanced methods to solve a particular problem, but also the novice looking for general background information on visualization...
Series
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource.
Language
English
Description
The Data Journalism Handbook: Towards a Critical Data Practice provides a rich and panoramic introduction to data journalism, combining both critical reflection and practical insight. It offers a diverse collection of perspectives on how data journalism is done around the world and the broader consequences of datafication in the news, serving as both a textbook and a sourcebook for this emerging field. With more than 50 chapters from leading researchers...
Author
Publisher
Australian National University
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (310 pages) : colour illustrations
Language
English
Description
"For approaching two centuries, the images on postage stamps have been used to convey messages from the government of the day to the general public. Science has been used to enhance those messages for the past nine decades. In this book, I explore the ways in which science and scientists have been portrayed on stamps and look at the ideas and, in some cases, the propaganda that underpins them."--Page 1
Author
Series
Publisher
MIT Press
Pub. Date
©1999
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xxiii, 335 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
Shimon Edelman bases a comprehensive approach to visual representation on the notion of correspondence between proximal (internal) and distal similarities in objects.
Author
Series
Publisher
Fair Winds Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
128 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Power of Guided Meditation provides an accessible and easy entry point into starting a meditation practice, offering a range of practices and benefits so you can decide how to choose and integrate a program to suit your specific needs. Explore meditation from the perspective of mindfulness. Why Mindfulness? Mindfulness is the practice of bringing the attention back to the present moment. Mindfulness is not only meditation and meditation is not only...
Author
Publisher
Reveal Press, an imprint of New Harbinger Publications
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
180 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
An empowering guide to help you heal the pain of the past, find emotional balance, and achieve the abundance, success, and happiness you deserve. Has anyone ever told you that you can make good things happen if you just think positively? The law of attraction, which is largely based on the idea that positive thoughts and emotions attract positive outcomes--is one of the most popular self-help movements of the last few decades. But if you've experienced...
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publications Company
Pub. Date
[2015]
Lexile measure
850L
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Wandering through a maze of geography facts can easily get you lost! You need to navigate huge distances (an orange may travel more than 8,000 miles on the way to your stomach), vast population numbers (1.3 billion in China alone!), and gigantic global crises (the impact of a natural disaster). How can all these big numbers and concepts make more sense? Infographics! The charts, maps, and illustrations in this book tell a visual story to help you...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Understanding numbers is essential--but humans aren't built to understand them. Chip Heath outlines specific principles that reveal how to translate a number into our brain's language. This book is filled with examples of extreme number makeovers, vivid before-and-after examples that take a dry number and present it in a way that people click in and say "Wow, now I get it!" This book will help math-lovers and math-haters alike translate the numbers...
18) Visual tennis
Author
Pub. Date
1999
Edition
2nd ed.
Physical Desc
ix, 181 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
xxi, 281 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"For decades the practice of manifestation has been widely dismissed as self-involved, materialistic pseudoscience. But as neuroscientist and recognized compassion leader Dr. James Doty reveals, manifestation introduces us to different possibilities, and it lays the groundwork for a kinder, better world. Doty grounds us in the practices that change our brain structures: attention, meditation, visualization, and compassion. This mind magic allows us...
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