Our ability to generate information now far exceeds our capacity to
understand it. Finding patterns and making meaningful connections
inside complex data networks has emerged as one of the biggest
challenges of the twenty-first century. In recent years, designers,
researchers, and scientists have begun employing an innovative mix
of colors, symbols, graphics, algorithms, and interactivity to
clarify, and often beautify, the clutter. From representing
networks of friends on Facebook to depicting interactions among
proteins in a human cell, Visual Complexity presents one hundred of
the most interesting examples of information-visualization by the
field's leading practitioners.
"Artistic analysis...tremendous potential for shaping how we understand our world...if you are the type who obsesses on Google Analytics or just feel the need to nerd out for a bit, pick up a copy." --Cool Hunting
