Contents
1 Why Visualize: From Information to Wisdom
Low-Tech Visualization to the Rescue
Drowning in Data? Only If You Don’t Know How to Swim
2 Forms and Functions: Visualization as a Technology
An Information Graphic on Defense
What Shape Should My Data Have?
The Origins of “Form Follows Function”
More about Functions in Nature
3 The Beauty Paradox: Art and Communication
Building a Narrative Structure
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