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PublisherElsevier Science & Technology

ISBN-100444514635

ISBN-139780444514639

eBay Product ID (ePID)31000294

Product Key Features

Number of Pages450 Pages

Publication NameMultidisciplinary Approaches to Visual Representations and Interpretations

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2004

SubjectData Modeling & Design, Computer Simulation, General, Cognitive Psychology & Cognition

TypeTextbook

AuthorGrant Malcolm

Subject AreaArt, Computers, Science, Psychology

SeriesStudies in Multidisciplinarity Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Length11.2 in

Item Width8.7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition22

Series Volume NumberVolume 2

IllustratedYes

Volume NumberVolume 2

Dewey Decimal302.2/22

Table Of ContentDedication Editor's preface List of contributors Part I. Visual representations in science Part II. Signs and systems Part III. Communication and learning Part IV. Drawing Part V. Seeing and responding Index

SynopsisThe value of multi-disciplinary research lies in the exchange of ideas and methods across the traditional boundaries between areas of study. It could be argued that many of the advances in science and engineering take place because the ideas, methods and the tools of thought from one discipline become re-applied in another.The topic of "the visual" has become increasingly important as advances in technology have led to multi-media and multi-modal representations, and extended the range and scope of visual representation and interpretation in our lives. Under this broad heading there are many different perspectives and approaches, from across the entire spectrum of human knolwedge and activity.The editors and authors of this book aim to break down cross-disciplinary barriers, by bringing together people working in a wide variety of disciplines where visual representations and interpretations are exploited. Contributions come from researchers actively investigating visual representations and interpretations in a wide variety of areas, including art history, biology, clinical science, cognitive science, computer science, design, engineering, linguistics, mathematics, philosophy, physics, psychology, and sociology.The book provides a forum for wide-ranging and multi-disciplinary contributions on visual representations and interpretations., The intimately melancholic drawings of Chilean-born, Dusseldorf-based artist Sandra Vasquez de la Horra (born 1967) are saturated in the atmospheric fragility of fugitive ephemera. They are also saturated in a more literal sense, in a melted beeswax that, when hardened, embalms them in a yellow-brown laminate that further heightens their artifact feel. This is the first monograph on her work., The value of multi-disciplinary research lies in the exchange of ideas and methods across the traditional boundaries between areas of study. It could be argued that many of the advances in science and engineering take place because the ideas, methods and the tools of thought from one discipline become re-applied in another. The topic of "the visual" has become increasingly important as advances in technology have led to multi-media and multi-modal representations, and extended the range and scope of visual representation and interpretation in our lives. Under this broad heading there are many different perspectives and approaches, from across the entire spectrum of human knolwedge and activity. The editors and authors of this book aim to break down cross-disciplinary barriers, by bringing together people working in a wide variety of disciplines where visual representations and interpretations are exploited. Contributions come from researchers actively investigating visual representations and interpretations in a wide variety of areas, including art history, biology, clinical science, cognitive science, computer science, design, engineering, linguistics, mathematics, philosophy, physics, psychology, and sociology. The book provides a forum for wide-ranging and multi-disciplinary contributions on visual representations and interpretations. * Contributors include researchers actively investigating visual representations and interpretations * Content spans a wide variety of areas including but not limited to biology, sociology, and computer science * Discusses how new technology has affected "the visual" representation of information

LC Classification NumberP93.5