Visual explanations

Visual explanations : images and quantities, evidence and narrative
Tufte, Edward R.
1997
Cheshire, Conn., Graphic Press. 156 p. : il.
Resumen: Visual explanations images and quantities, evidence and narrative is about pictures of verbs, the representation of mechanism and motion, process and dynamics, causes and effects, explanation and narrative.
Practical applications and examples include statistical graphics, charts for making important decisions in engineering and medicine, technical manuals, diagrams, design of computer interfaces and websites and on-line manuals, animations and scientific visualizations, techniques for talks, and design strategies for enhancing the rate of information transfer in print, presentations, and computer screens. The use of visual evidence in deciding to launch the space shuttle Challenger is discussed in careful detail. Video snapshots show redesigns of a supercomputer animation of a thunderstorm.
The book is designed and printed to the highest standards, with luscious color throughout and four built-in flaps for showing motion and before/after effects.
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Risk

Risk : a sociological theory
Luhmann, Niklas
2002 New
Brunswick, New Jersey, Aldine Transaction. 236 p.
Resumen: A great deal of attention has been devoted to risk research. Sociologists in general have limited themselves to varying recognitions of a society at risk and have traced out the paths to disaster. The detailed research has yet to be undertaken. In Risk, now available in paperback, Niklas Luhmann develops a theoretical program for such research. His premise is that the concept of risk projects essential aspects of our description of the future onto the present. Risk is conceived as the possibility of triggering unexpected, unlikely, and detrimental consequences by means of a decision attributable to a decision maker.
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Envisioning information

Envisioning information
Tufte, Edward R.
1990
Cheshire, Conn., Graphics Press, 126 p.
Resumen: Envisioning Information This book celebrates escapes from the flatlands of both paper and computer screen, showing superb displays of high-dimensional complex data.
The most design-oriented of Edward Tufte's books, Envisioning Information shows maps, charts, scientific presentations, diagrams, computer interfaces, statistical graphics and tables, stereo photographs, guidebooks, courtroom exhibits, timetables, use of color, a pop-up, and many other wonderful displays of information. The book provides practical advice about how to explain complex material by visual means, with extraordinary examples to illustrate the fundamental principles of information displays.
Topics include escaping flatland, color and information, micro/macro designs, layering and separation, small multiples, and narratives. Winner of 17 awards for design and content. 400 illustrations with exquisite 6- to 12-color printing throughout. Highest quality design and production. Tabla de contenidos 
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Sociologie de l'expérience

Sociologie de l'expérience
Dubet, François
1994
Paris, Éditions du Seuil. 272 p.
Resumen: L'éclatement actuel du champ des théories sociologiques ne renvoie pas seulement à l'histoire des idées ; il s'inscrit dans une mutation sociale profonde qui conduit à abandonner la représentation classique d'une société conçue comme un ordre, où l'on peut identifier l'action sociale aux " lois " du système. En fait, ce que l'on appelle " la société " n'est plus réductible à un système intégré, un mode de production et un Etat national. Dès lors, l'objet même de la sociologie change : elle doit décrire des expériences sociales, c'est-à-dire les conduites individuelles de chacun d'entre nous. Celles-ci combinent plusieurs rationalités et plusieurs logiques, elles se présentent comme la juxtaposition d'appartenances communautaires, des calculs du marché et des exigences d'une authenticité individuelle ; et le seul principe d'unité de l'expérience sociale est le travail sur lui-même que poursuit chacun de nous afin de se percevoir comme l'auteur de sa propre vie.
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The visual display of quantitative information

The visual display of quantitative information
Tufte, Edward R.
2001
Cheshire, Conn., Graphics Press. 197 p.
Resumen: The classic book on statistical graphics, charts, tables. Theory and practice in the design of data graphics, 250 illustrations of the best (and a few of the worst) statistical graphics, with detailed analysis of how to display data for precise, effective, quick analysis. Design of the high-resolution displays, small multiples. Editing and improving graphics. The data-ink ratio. Time-series, relational graphics, data maps, multivariate designs. Detection of graphical deception: design variation vs. data variation. Sources of deception. Aesthetics and data graphical displays. This is the second edition of The Visual Display of Quantitative Information. Recently published, this new edition provides excellent color reproductions of the many graphics of William Playfair, adds color to other images, and includes all the changes and corrections accumulated during 17 printings of the first edition.
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Essential CG lighting techniques with 3ds Max

Essential CG lighting techniques with 3ds Max
Brooker, Darren
2008
Amsterdam, Elsevier, Focal Press. 397 p.
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Fundamentos de ingeniería de cimentaciones

Fundamentos de ingeniería de cimentaciones
Das, Braja M.
2012
México D.F., Cengage Learning. xvii, 794 p.
Resumen: Publicado originalmente en el otoño de 1983, la séptima edición de Fundamentos de ingeniería de cimentaciones de Braja M. Das sigue manteniendo el delicado equilibrio de la investigación actual y las aplicaciones prácticas de campo que se ha convertido en el texto principal de los cursos de ingeniería en cimentaciones. Con una gran cantidad de ejemplos resueltos y figuras que ayudan a los estudiantes con la teoría y habilidades para resolver problemas, el libro introduce a los estudiantes de ingeniería civil a los conceptos fundamentales y la aplicación de análisis del diseño de cimentaciones. En todo momento, Das hace hincapié en el juicio necesario para aplicar correctamente las teorías y análisis para la evaluación de los suelos y el diseño de las cimentaciones, así como la necesidad de la experiencia de campo
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The Routledge Handbook of Planning Research Methods

The Routledge Handbook of Planning Research Methods
Silva, Elisabete A., editor
Healy, Patsy, editor
Harris, Neil, editor
Broeck, Pieter Van den
2015
New York, London, Routledge.
Resumen: The Routledge Handbook of Planning Research Methods is an expansive look at the traditions, methods, and challenges of research design and research projects in contemporary urban planning. Through case studies, an international group of researchers, planning practitioners, and planning academics and educators, all recognized authorities in the field, provide accounts of designing and implementing research projects from different approaches and venues. This book shows how to apply quantitative and qualitative methods to projects, and how to take your research from the classroom to the real world. The book is structured into sections focusing on
Beginning planning research
Research design and development
Rediscovering qualitative methods
New advances in quantitative methods
Turning research into action
With chapters written by leading scholars in spatial planning, The Routledge Handbook of Planning Research Methods is the most authoritative and comprehensive handbook on the topic, providing both established and ground breaking coverage of spatial planning research methods. The book is an invaluable resource for undergraduate and graduate level students, young professionals and practitioners in urban, regional, and spatial planning.
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Topofilia

Topofilia
Tuan, Yi-Fu
2007
Barcelona, Melusina. 351 p.
Resumen: El libro analiza con una mirada comparativa «todos los vínculos afectivos del ser humano con el entorno material». En este sentido, topofilia designa esa experiencia única que cifra los lazos existentes entre la persona y el lugar que habita, ya sea éste la ciudad, el extrarradio o el campo. Esta edición incluye una nueva introducción del autor escrita para el público español.
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Geografías de lo imaginario

Geografías de lo imaginario
Lindón, Alicia, dir.
Hiernaux, Daniel, dir.
2012
Barcelona, España, Anthropos ; México : Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana. 251 p.
Resumen: La inclusión de lo imaginario como parte de la relación de las sociedades con su espacio, constituye una innovación en el pensamiento espacial y social y por lo mismo se orienta hacia caminos poco transitados. Para el análisis geográfico, lo imaginario manifiesta una forma de visibilizar lo que siempre estuvo presente, pero invisibilizado por el tipo de aproximaciones cultivadas, por ello Geografías de lo imaginario indaga espacialidades imaginadas e imaginarios espaciales. Una contribución innovadora.
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