Atlas of the invisible : maps & graphics that will change how you see the world

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Full Title:: Atlas of the invisible : maps & graphics that will change how you see the world / James Cheshire, Oliver Uberti

Genre:: Atlas
World atlases
Atlases
Subjects:: Information visualization--Maps
Human ecology--Maps
Human geography--Maps
Population--Maps
DNA--Maps
Air--Pollution--Maps
Lead--Environmental aspects--Maps
Doomsday Clock--Maps
Refugees--Maps
Data Visualization

Table of Contents:: Introduction -- Where we've been ; Essay: The lives of others -- Who we are ; Essay: Drawing lines -- How we're doing ; Essay: Truth to power -- What we face ; Essay: The search for certainty -- Epilogue -- Further reading -- Flattening the earth.
Summary:: "An unprecedented portrait of the hidden patterns in human society--visualized through the world of data. Award-winning geographer-designer team James Cheshire and Oliver Uberti transform enormous datasets into rich maps and cutting-edge visualizations. In this triumph of visual storytelling, they uncover truths about our past, reveal who we are today, and highlight what we face in the years ahead. With their joyfully inquisitive approach, Cheshire and Uberti explore happiness levels around the globe, trace the undersea cables and cell towers that connect us, 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"--
Language:: English
Physical Type/Description:: 1 atlas (216 pages) : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm
General Note:: "First published in Great Britain in 2021 by Particular Books, an imprint of Penguin Books"--Title page verso.