Enormous quantities of data go unused or underused today, simply because people can't visualize the quantities and relationships in it. Using a downloadable programming environment developed by the author, "Visualizing Data" demonstrates methods for representing data accurately on the Web and elsewhere, complete with user interaction, animation, and more.

About the Author
Ben Fry received his doctorate from the Aesthetics + Computation Group at the MIT Media Laboratory and was the 2006-2007 Nierenberg Chair of Design for the Carnegie Mellon School of Design. He worked with Casey Reas to develop Processing, which won a Golden Nica from the Prix Ars Electronica in 2005. Ben's work has received a New Media Fellowship from the Rockefeller Foundation, and been shown at the Museum of Modern Art, Ars Electronica, the 2002 Whitney Biennial and the 2003 Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial.


Book Information
ISBN 9780596514556
Author Ben Fry
Format Paperback
Page Count 366
Imprint O'Reilly Media
Publisher O'Reilly Media