The Best American Infographics 2013
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| Rating | : | 4.95 (920 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0547973373 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 184 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Not only is it a thing of beauty it’s also a good read, with thoughtful explanations of each winning graphic and an entertaining forward by David Byrne."—Nature
Series editor GARETH COOK is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, a contributor to the New York Times Magazine, and the editor of Mind Matters, Scientific American's neuroscience blog. His work has also appeared on NewYorker and in Wired, Scientific Americ
In the era of big data, where information moves faster than ever, infographics provide us with quick, often influential bursts of art and knowledge—on the environment, politics, social issues, health, sports, arts and culture, and more—to digest, to tweet, to share, to go viral.The Best American Infographics captures the finest examples from the past year, including the ten best interactive infographics, of this mesmerizing new way of seeing and understanding our world. The rise of infographics across virtually all print and electronic media—from a striking breakdown of classic cocktails to a graphic tracking 200 influential moments that changed the world to visually arresting depictions of Twitter traffic—reveals patterns in our lives and our world in fresh and surpri
Size matters I love this book and would rate it higher if only I could see the graphics without a magnifying glass. A larger book (physical size) would have made this book incredible.. Poor Binding, a blemish on otherwise strong collection Amazon Customer I found the actual content of the book both interesting and entertaining. I'm not an aficionado though,so I can't speak to how well-known the chosen infographics might be to someone with more than a passinginterest in the subject.I was however more than a little annoyed at the poor print setting. The binding of the book prevents it frombeing opened wide enough to fully see the infographics that cross the center line. This meant that it . KATE said Content over crease center. Content is laid out over the center crease. Bad layout of images and book is already fall apart to a degree.