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• Title:The book of trees : visualizing branches of knowledge / Manuel Lima.
  
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• Author/Creator:Lima, Manuel, 1978-
  
• Published/Created:New York, New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [2014]
  

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  • Location:MAA LIBRARY (IKB) stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: AZ108 .L56 2014
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Learning and scholarship--History.
  Knowledge, Theory of--History.
  Trees--Symbolic aspects--History.
  Graphic methods--History.
  Visual communication--History.
  Communication in learning and scholarship--History.
  
• Edition:First edition.
  
• Description:208 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
  
• Summary:Data viz expert Manuel Lima examines the more than eight hundred year history of the tree diagram, from its roots in the illuminated manuscripts of medieval monasteries to its current resurgence as an elegant means of visualization. Lima presents two hundred intricately detailed tree diagram illustrations on a remarkable variety of subjects--from some of the earliest known examples from ancient Mesopotamia to the manuscripts of medieval monasteries to contributions by leading contemporary designers. A timeline of capsule biographies on key figures in the development of the tree diagram rounds out this one-of-a-kind visual compendium.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-200) and index.
  
• ISBN:9781616892180 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  1616892188 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  
• Contents:Foreword / Ben Shneiderman
  Figurative trees
  Vertical trees
  Horizontal trees
  Multidirectional trees
  Radial trees
  Hyperbolic trees
  Rectangular treemaps
  Voronoi treemaps
  Circular treemaps
  Sunbursts
  Icicle trees.