The Aesthetics of Scientific Data Representation: More Than Pretty Pictures

ISBN-13: 9781138679375 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 150 str.

Rikke Schmidt Kjaergaard; Lotte Philipsen

Opis

Why make colorful images of bacteria that, in reality, are colorless and too small for us to see? What is the difference between a cartoonist's vision of outer space and the professional astronomer's pictures - considering that neither of them have been in space, and that the astronomer's data consists solely of invisible, electric impulses? How is contemporary art at all relevant to cancer research and what would scholars of aesthetic theory gain from the work of nano-scientists? This volume asks simple, yet crucially important questions about scientific data representation, and in answering these questions it provides significant research insights to a field that is much more cross-disciplinary than traditionally acknowledged. The book investigates scientific data representation through the joint optics of the humanities and natural sciences. The book will particularly appeal to scholars in visual and aesthetic studies, data visualisation, scientific illustration, experience culture, and information design, and science communication.

O autorze

Lotte Philipsen is an Associate Professor with the School of Communication and Culture, Aarhus University in Denmark and former Fellow with the Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies, Denmark.

Rikke Schmidt Kjærgaard is executive director of Science Club, Denmark, CEO of Graphicure, and former Fellow with the Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies.