Hypergraphics: Visualizing complex relationships in art, science, and technology (AAAS selected symposium ; 24) [Hardcover]

David W. Brisson (Author)

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• Hardcover: 239 pages
• Publisher: Published by Westview Press for the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1978)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0891582924
• ISBN-13: 978-0891582922
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,786,239 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars some ideas still useful, October 14, 2006

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This review is from: Hypergraphics: Visualizing complex relationships in art, science, and technology (AAAS selected symposium ; 24) (Hardcover)

The book approaches visualisation from the vantages of art, science and also of technology. Each chapter is contributed by a different author. All discuss problems where relationships can be depicted in some graphical form. A relationship might arise in urban and regional planning, as given in one example. Basically, there is a situation where we have variables in n-dimensions, with n>3. How to meaningfully display this in 2-space or 3-space?

To a current reader, the book certainly shows its age; written in 1978. The computer graphics and computational resources then available are so primitive to us now. There are no high resolution colour plates. But a reading of the book can still be profitable. You might get ideas that can now be applied more easily and effectively on today's machines.