Mapping Scientific Frontiers
The Quest for Knowledge Visualization
Published on 25. November 2002
Book
Hardback
XII, 240 pages
978-1-85233-494-9 (ISBN)
Description
This is a comprehensive introduction to scientific visualization. It provides a complete history of the development of the field with illustrations of how the techniques can be applied in different field, including the history itself.
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Edition
2003
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
52 colour and 111 b&w illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
Weight
660 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85233-494-9 (9781852334949)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4471-0051-5
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Content
1 The Growth of Scientific Knowledge.- 1.1 Scientific Frontiers.- 1.2 Message in a Bottle.- 1.3 Mapping Scientific Frontiers.- 1.4 Organization of the Book.- 2 Mapping the Universe.- 2.1 Cartography.- 2.2 Terrestrial Maps.- 2.3 Celestial Maps.- 2.4 Biological Maps.- 3 Mapping the Mind.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 Dimensionality Reduction I: Classic Methods.- 3.3 Concept Mapping.- 3.4 Dimensionality Reduction II: Isomap and Locally Linear Embedding Algorithms.- 3.5 Network Analysis.- 4 Enabling Techniques for Science Mapping.- 4.1 Information Visualization.- 4.2 Displaying Structures.- 4.3 Behavioral Semantics.- 4.4 Discussion.- 4.5 Conclusion.- 5 On the Shoulders of Giants.- 5.1 Success Breeds Success.- 5.2 Co-word Maps.- 5.3 Co-citation Analysis.- 5.4 Other Examples.- 5.5 Summary.- 6 Tracing Competing Paradigms.- 6.1 Domain Analysis in Information Science.- 6.2 Case Study I: The Mass Extinction Debates.- 6.3 Case Study II: Supermassive Black Holes.- 6.4 Conclusions.- 7 Tracking Latent Domain Knowledge.- 7.1 Introduction.- 7.2 Knowledge Discovery.- 7.3 Case Study I: Swanson's Impact.- 7.4 Case Study II: Pathfinder Networks.- 7.5 Case Study III: BSE and vCJD.- 7.6 Summary.- 7.7 The Future.- Appendix: List of Figures.