Mapping Scientific Frontiers - The Quest for Knowledge Visualization

Mapping Scientific Frontiers examines the history and the latest developments in the quest for knowledge visualization from an interdisciplinary perspective, ranging from theories of invisible colleges and competing paradigms, to practical applications of visualization techniques for capturing intellectual structures, and the rise and fall of scientific paradigms. Containing simple and easy to follow diagrams for modeling and visualization procedures, as well as detailed case studies and real world examples, this is a valuable reference source for researchers and practitioners, such as science policy analysts, funding agencies, consultancy firms, and higher education institutions. It presents 163 illustrations, 111 in colour, including maps, paintings, images, computer visualizations and animations.

List of contents

The Growth of Scientific Knowledge.- Mapping the Universe.- Mapping the Mind.- Enabling Techniques for Science Mapping.- On the Shoulders of Giants.- Tracing Competing Paradigms.- Tracking Latent Domain Knowledge.

Product details

• Authors: C. Chen, Chaomei Chen
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2003
• EAN: 9781852334949
• ISBN: 978-1-85233-494-9
• No. of pages: 240
• Weight: 656 g
• Illustrations: w. 163 figs. some col.
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > IT