David McCandless Knihy

Delves into the world of visualized data where stunning infographics that blend the facts with their connections, contexts, and relationships make information meaningful, entertaining, and beautiful

The bestselling classic has been revised and updated! A colorful guide to the world's most consequential trivia, Visual Miscellaneum by David McCandless is a reference book like no other. It helps us make sense of our world by putting the data we are bombarded with every day—health findings, technological advances, cultural touch points, war statistics—into creative visual perspective. Like Show Me How by Lauren Smith and Schott's Miscellany, only more complete and satisfying, Visual Miscellaneum is a treat for the mind and the eye.

A visual guide to the way the world really works Every day, every hour, every minute we are bombarded by information - from television, from newspapers, from the internet, we're steeped in it, maybe even lost in it. We need a new way to relate to it, to discover the beauty and the fun of information for information's sake. No dry facts, theories or statistics. Instead, Information is Beautiful contains visually stunning displays of information that blend the facts with their connections, their context and their relationships - making information meaningful, entertaining and beautiful. This is information like you have never seen it before - keeping text to a minimum and using unique visuals that offer a blueprint of modern life - a map of beautiful colour illustrations that are tactile to hold and easy to flick through but intriguing and engaging enough to study for hours.

"In this fascinating follow-up to the bestselling Information is Beautiful and Knowledge is Beautiful, the king of infographics David McCandless uses spectacular visuals to give us all a bit of good news. We are living in the Information Age, in which we are constantly bombarded with data - on television, in print and online. How can we relate to this mind-numbing overload? Enter David McCandless and his amazing infographics: simple, elegant ways to understand information too complex or abstract to grasp any way but visually. In his unique signature style, he creates dazzling displays that blend facts with their connections, contexts and relationships, making information meaningful, entertaining - and beautiful. In his highly anticipated third book, McCandless illustrates positive news from around the world, for an informative, engaging and uplifting collection of new infographic art"--Publisher's description

In this fascinating follow-up to the bestselling Information is Beautiful and Knowledge is Beautiful, the king of infographics David McCandless uses spectacular visuals to give us all a bit of good news.

TREKMASTER stellt mit 2000 knallharten Fragen aus dem gesamten STAR-TREK-Universum für jeden Fan die ultimative Herausforderung dar, sein Wissen zu überprüfen. Eine Vielzahl von ausgeklügelten Spielregeln machen es möglich, sich in Turnieren mit anderen Fans zu messen. Die Fragen lauten z.B.: "Welcher berühmte SF-Autor schrieb das Drehbuch von City On The Edge Of Forever?" oder "Wie heißt Picards Waffenoffizier an Bord der U.S.S. Stargazer?"

"Schöne neue Welt" präsentiert inspirierende Infografiken, die Hoffnung und Optimismus wecken. Es beleuchtet positive Entwicklungen wie Frauenwahlrecht und Wiederbewaldung und zeigt, dass die Welt Fortschritte macht. Ein Buch für alle, die ermutigende Fakten und kreative Lösungen für die Zukunft suchen.