How can cartoon images aid in understanding bacterial biological processes? What prompts physicists to blur their images before showing them to biologists? Considering that the astronomer's data consists solely of invisible, electric impulses, what is the difference between representing outer space as images, graphs, or sound? How does a work of contemporary art differ from a scientific image if we cannot visually distinguish between the two? How do aesthetics, art, and design influence scientific visualization and vice versa? This volume asks critically important questions about scientific data representation and provides significant insights to a field that is interdisciplinary in its very core. The authors investigate scientific data representation through the joint optics of the humanities and natural sciences. The volume particularly appeals to scholars in visual and aesthetic studies, data visualization, scientific illustration, experience culture, information design, and science communication.

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Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Year

2017

eBook ISBN

9781317194149

Edition

Topic

Art

Subtopic

Art General

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of Figures and Color Plates
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 Visualizing the Bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae
2 Diagrammatic and Iconic Imagery in Science
3 Scientific Data Visualization: Aesthetic for Diagrammatic Clarity
4 Plant(ing) Aesthetics between Science and Art
5 Visualizing the Invisible Universe
6 The Epistemics of Data Representation: How to Transform Data into Knowledge
7 Sonification and Audification as Means of Representing Data
8 Scientific Storytelling: Visualizing for Public Audiences
9 Communicating Science – Aesthetic Choices in Publishing
10 Ideas in Action: Using Animation to Cut through Complexity
11 Making Sense, Nonsense, and No Sense When Representing Audio-Visual Collections
12 “Facts” – and Representational Acts
List of Contributors
Index

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