TY  - BOOK
AU  - McCandless,David
TI  - Information is beautiful
SN  - 9780007492893 
AV  - AE5 .M3 2012
U1  - 032.02 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - London
PB  - Collins
KW  - Information visualization
KW  - Statistics
KW  - Charts, diagrams, etc
KW  - Graphic methods
KW  - Curiosities and wonders
KW  - General
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Encyclopaedias & reference works
KW  - thema
KW  - Gift books
KW  - General encyclopaedias
KW  - History of art
KW  - Graphic design
KW  - Media studies
KW  - Trivia & quiz question books
KW  - Popular culture
N1  - Previous edition: 2009; Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - Facts, statistics, issues, theories, relationships, numbers, words - there is just too much information in the world. We need a brand new way to take it all inches 'Information is Beautiful' transforms the ideas surrounding and swamping us into graphs and maps that anyone can follow at a single glance; A visual guide to how the world really works, through stunning infographics and data visualisations, thoroughly revised, recalculated and reimagined for this new edition.We are overwhelmed by information - from our phones, our televisions, our computers, our newspapers.This new edition of Information is Beautiful has been revised throughout with over 20 updates and 20 new visualisations. It offers shelter from the flood by visualising data in a new way that blends facts with their connections, their context and their relationships - making information meaningful, entertaining and beautiful.This is information like you have never seen it before - easy to flick through but also engaging enough to study - information that comes to life in your hands and your eyes
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