The Golden Age of Data Visualization

This book explains how and why this has happened. It details the evolution of information graphics, the kinds of graphics at the core of data visualization-maps, diagrams, charts, scientific and medical images-from prehistory to the present day.

Kim Marriott is a Professor in Computer Science at Monash University, where he leads the Monash Assistive Technology and Society (MATS) Centre. His research interests include data visualization and assistive technologies for people who are blind or have low vision.

1. The Beginning. 2. The Very Beginning. 3. Drawing Buildings and Machines. 4. Drawing Nature. 5. Mapping the World. 6. Mapping the State. 7. Seeing the Unseeable. 8. Visualizing Statistics. 9. Modern Visualization. 10. The Democratization of Visualization. 11. Visualization without Vision. 12. What's Next?