Science from sight to insight : how scientists illustrate meaning / Alan G. Gross and Joseph E. Harmon.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gross, Alan G.
Other Authors: Harmon, Joseph E.
Language:English
Published: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Visual communication in science.
Communication in science.
Physical Description:vii, 332 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Verbal-visual interaction in science
  • A framework for understanding verbal-visual interaction
  • Understanding scientific visuals and tables: a taxonomy
  • Visual evolution and the Heideggerian transformation
  • Verbal-visual interaction and scientific argument: the contexts of discovery and justification
  • Visual argument and narrative in the "historical" sciences: the example of geology
  • Verbal-visual interaction in the Victorian discovery of deep time
  • The public science lecture: powerpoint transforms a genre
  • Weaving the web of scientific knowledge: visuals on the Internet.