Books in the AK Peters Visualization Series series

The book provides a comprehensive overview on information visualization and visual exploration. The top-down view on the problem illustrated with numerous examples based on real data and settings will help people from these domains to get a sound knowledge about key challenges, concepts and methodologies in this regard.

The book provides a comprehensive overview on information visualization and visual exploration. The top-down view on the problem illustrated with numerous examples based on real data and settings will help people from these domains to get a sound knowledge about key challenges, concepts and methodologies in this regard.

This book provides a systematic, comprehensive framework for thinking about visualization in terms of principles and design choices. It features a unified approach encompassing information visualization techniques for abstract data, scientific visualization techniques for spatial data, and visual analytics techniques for interweaving data transformation and analysis with interactive visual exploration. Suitable for both beginners and more experienced designers, the book does not assume any experience with programming, mathematics, human¿computer interaction, or graphic design.

This book presents an accessible introduction to data-driven storytelling. Resulting from unique discussions between data visualization researchers and data journalists it offers an integrated definition of the topic, presents vivid examples and patterns for data storytelling, and calls out key challenges and new opportunities.