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The Aesthetics of Scientific Data Representation

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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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ISBN: 9780367878696
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Author: Lotte Philipsen, Rikke Schmidt Kjærgaard
Publisher: Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 150 pages
Series: Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies
Genres: The arts: general topics
Media studies
Materials science
The Arts: art forms
Mathematics and Science

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