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Atlas of Science: Visualizing What We Know

Atlas of Science: Visualizing What We Know

Atlas of Science: Visualizing What We Know

$29.95

Borner, Katy. Atlas of Science: Visualizing What We Know

MIT Press

2010

Book ID: 85031

Atlas of Science, based on the popular exhibit "Places & Spaces: Mapping Science," describes and displays successful mapping techniques. The heart of the book is a visual feast: Claudius Ptolemy's Cosmographia World Map from 1482; a guide to a PhD thesis that resembles a subway map; "the structure of science" as revealed in a map of citation relationships in papers published in 2002; a periodic table; a history flow visualization of the Wikipedia article on abortion; a globe showing the worldwide distribution of patents; a forecast of earthquake risk; hands-on science maps for kids; and many more. Each entry includes the story behind the map and biographies of its makers.

255 pp. Cl.