<DIV><p>With contributions from more than two dozen visualization experts, <i>Beautiful Visualization</i> demonstrates how images can help you both detect and explain patterns. From a familiar map of the New York City subway system to a never-before-seen diagram of the human brain, this book will take you behind the scenes of cutting-edge design projects that depict the world around us in new ways. <p>Contributors include Gregor Hochmuth, Todd Holloway, Jonathan Feinberg, Andrew Vande Moere, Maximilian Schich, JoAnn Kuchera-Morin, Michael E Driscoll, Matthias Shapiro, Valdis Krebs, Jer Thorp, Moritz Stefaner, and many more. <ul> <li>Learn how sound can be combined with images to enhance the process of scientific inquiry <li>See the connections between various U.S. senators and their recent voting decisions <li>Understand how the books people choose to buy online tell us what social groups they are part of <li>Learn how color reveals higher dimensions of data <li>Explore the non-intuitive structures in curated databases</li></ul></div>