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Design for information, an introduction to the histories, theories, and best practices behind effective information visualizations. by Isabel Meirelles Beverly, MA: Rockport Publishers, 2013.
Jorge Frascara
Design for information is a thorough representation of both the field of Information visualization and the research interests of the author, whose focus is on "the theoretical and experimental examination of the fundamen- tals underlying how information Is structured, represented and communi- cated In different media."
Beginning with the"blg picture," book Includes an amazing collection of exam pies, the most thorough I have seen to date in a volume. The author organizes the content according to several categories represented by the titles of the chapters: 1. Hierarchical structures: trees; 2. Relational structures: networks; 3. Temporal structures: timelines and flows; 4. Spatial structures: maps; 5. Spatio-temporal structures; and 6) Textual structures. An appendix, notes, a bibliography, a contributors list, and an index complete the...