Atlas of the Invisible
Maps & Graphics That Will Change How You See the World
Published on 6. November 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
216 pages
978-0-14-198724-8 (ISBN)
Description
WINNER OF THE BRITISH CARTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY AWARD
WINNER OF THE STANFORDS AWARD FOR PRINTED MAPPING
WINNER OF THE JOHN C BARTHOLOMEW AWARD FOR THEMATIC MAPPING
Discover the hidden patterns in human society as you have never seem them before - through the world of data
Humans create data with nearly everything we do. This world of information is invisible, but it shapes society in profound ways.
In Atlas of the Invisible, award-winning geographer-designer team James Cheshire and Oliver Uberti redefine what an atlas can be. Transforming enormous data sets into rich maps and cutting-edge visualisations, they uncover truths about our past, reflect who we are today, and highlight what we face in the years ahead. With their joyfully inquisitive approach, Cheshire and Uberti explore happiness and anxiety levels around the globe; they trace the undersea cables and cell towers that connect us; they examine hidden scars of geopolitics; and illustrate how a warming planet affects everything from hurricanes to the hajj.
Years in the making, Atlas of the Invisible invites readers to marvel at the promise and peril of data, and to revel in the secrets and contours of a newly visible world.
WINNER OF THE STANFORDS AWARD FOR PRINTED MAPPING
WINNER OF THE JOHN C BARTHOLOMEW AWARD FOR THEMATIC MAPPING
Discover the hidden patterns in human society as you have never seem them before - through the world of data
Humans create data with nearly everything we do. This world of information is invisible, but it shapes society in profound ways.
In Atlas of the Invisible, award-winning geographer-designer team James Cheshire and Oliver Uberti redefine what an atlas can be. Transforming enormous data sets into rich maps and cutting-edge visualisations, they uncover truths about our past, reflect who we are today, and highlight what we face in the years ahead. With their joyfully inquisitive approach, Cheshire and Uberti explore happiness and anxiety levels around the globe; they trace the undersea cables and cell towers that connect us; they examine hidden scars of geopolitics; and illustrate how a warming planet affects everything from hurricanes to the hajj.
Years in the making, Atlas of the Invisible invites readers to marvel at the promise and peril of data, and to revel in the secrets and contours of a newly visible world.
Reviews / Votes
Geographer James Cheshire and designer Oliver Uberti redefine what an atlas can be * Guardian * A stone cold act of genius -- Dan Snow Fantastic . . . a magical combo of art and graphic gut-punch -- Dave Eggers Imagine Morpheus explaining The Matrix to you - but he's also a brilliant graphic designer -- Minh Le, author of LIFT An endlessly fascinating array of insight and analysis -- Mark Reynolds * Traveller Magazine * Demography and graphic design meet in an extraordinarily revealing book -- Starred review * Kirkus * Mind-blowing maps that harness the power of data to tell us something about ourselves and our planet -- Hannah Fry Spectacular and truly Humboldtian -- Andrea Wulf, author of THE INVENTION OF NATURE A cartographer's dream, and often revelatory * Chicago Tribune * Atlas of the Invisible erupts with a kind of rigorous wonder... A strange and startling masterpiece -- Matthew Spektor, author of AMERICAN DREAM MACHINE An absolute visual delight -- Manuel Lima, author of VISUAL COMPLEXITY If you're into #dataviz, you *need* to have this one -- Alberto Cairo, author of THE FUNCTIONAL ART A masterful example of the power of visual storytelling to reveal [...] meaning and knowledge otherwise hidden from view -- Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, author of ZOOBIQUITY An invaluable resource... It represents a critical new way of seeing and understanding * Print *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 189 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
680 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-198724-8 (9780141987248)
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Persons
James Cheshire and Oliver Uberti's complementary skills enable them to produce graphics and book pages that few others can match. As a lecturer at University College London, James applies his cartographic and programming skills to the staggering amount of data that scientists are now collecting. In 2017, he was awarded the Royal Geographical Society's Cuthbert Peek Award in recognition of his work 'advancing geographical knowledge through the use of mappable Big Data'. Oliver has more than a decade of experience visualizing and writing about wildlife research-from 2003 to 2012, he worked in the design department of National Geographic, most recently as Senior Design Editor.