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The Book of Circles: Visualizing Spheres of Knowledge

The Book of Circles: Visualizing Spheres of Knowledge

The Book of Circles: Visualizing Spheres of Knowledge

$40.00

Lima, Manuel.
Princeton Architectural Press, 2017
SKU 101219

The Book of Circles juxtaposes clay trading tokens used by the ancient Sumerians with the iconic logos of twentieth-century corporations, a chart organizing seven hundred Nintendo offerings with a Victorian board game based on the travels of Nellie Bly, and a visual analysis of Stanley Kubrick's film The Shining with early celestial charts that placed the earth at the center of the universe, among a wealth of other elegant and intriguing methods for displaying information. Lima provides an authoritative history of the circle as well as a unique taxonomy of twenty-one varieties of circle diagrams, rounding out this visual feast for infographics enthusiasts.

272 pp. / hb / English