perception for design Ware, Colin. creator text bibliography mau 2013 Third edition. monographic eng

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xx, 512 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. "This is a book about what the science of perception can tell us about visualization. There is a gold mine of information about how we see to be found in more than a century of work by vision researchers. The purpose of this book is to extract from that large body of research literature those design principles that apply to displaying information effectively"-- Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1. Foundations for an Applied Science of Data Visualization Chapter 2. The Environment, Optics, Resolution, and the Display Chapter 3. Lightness, Brightness, Contrast and Constancy Chapter 4. Color Chapter 5. Visual Salience and Finding Information Chapter 6. Static and Moving Patterns Chapter 7. Space Perception Chapter 8. Visual Objects and Data Objects Chapter 9. Images, Narrative, and Gestures for Explanation Chapter 10. Interacting with Visualizations Chapter 11. Visual Thinking Processes. Colin Ware. Includes bibliographical references (pages [459]-496) and index. Visual perception Visualization Information visualization BF241 .W34 2013 152.14 WCI 9780123814647 (hardback) 2012009489 DLC 120305 20150408114200.0 17195003 eng