The Visualization Handbook

Аннотация

This book discribes about visualization, as it is currently understood was born with the advent of scientific computing and the use of computer graphics for depicting computational data. Simultaneously, devices capable of sensing the physical world, from medical scanners to geophysical sensing to satellite borne sensing, and the need to interpret the vast amount of data either computed or acquired, have also driven the field. Visualization is a method of computing. It transforms the symbolic into the geometric, enabling researchers to observe their simulations and computations. Visualization offers a method for seeing the unseen. It enriches the process of scientific discovery and fosters profound and unexpected insights. In many fields it is already revolutionizing the way scientists do science. The goal of visualization is to leverage existing scientific methods by providing new scientific insight through visual methods.The field of visualization is focused on creating images that convey salient information about underlying data and processes.