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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. Winner of the 2021
British Cartographic Society Awards including the Stanfords Award
for Printed Mapping and the John C. Bartholomew Award for Thematic
Mapping.
Winner of the British Cartographic Society Award 2021 Winner of the
John C Bartholomew Award for Thematic Mapping 2021 Winner of the
Stanfords Award for Printed Mapping 2021 Discover the hidden
patterns in human society as you have never seen them before -
through the world of data 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 vizualisations, 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.
'Turn the pages to revel in the techno-tracking that is revealing
the secrets of animal lives. This is science at its best, the art
of understanding truth and beauty' Chris Packham Once tracking
animals meant following footprints. Now satellites, drones, camera
traps, cellphone networks, apps and accelerometers allow us to see
the natural world as never before. For the first time, this book
lets you follow the journeys of seals, sharks, elephants, bumble
bees, owls and wolves all over the world. Open it, and go where the
animals go. 'This is a special kind of detective story' New
Scientist 'This book is beautiful as well as informative and
inspiring. There is no doubt it will help in our fight to save
wildlife and wild habitats' Dr Jane Goodall 'Beautiful and
thrilling ... a joy to study cover to cover' E. O. Wilson
For thousands of years, tracking animals meant following
footprints. Now satellites, drones, camera traps, cellphone
networks, and accelerometers reveal the natural world as never
before. Where the Animals Go is the first book to offer a
comprehensive, data-driven portrait of how creatures like ants,
otters, owls, turtles, and sharks navigate the world. Based on
pioneering research by scientists at the forefront of the
animal-tracking revolution, James Cheshire and Oliver Uberti's
stunning, four-color charts and maps tell fascinating stories of
animal behavior. These astonishing infographics explain how
warblers detect incoming storms using sonic vibrations, how baboons
make decisions, and why storks prefer garbage dumps to wild forage;
they follow pythons racing through the Everglades, a lovelorn wolf
traversing the Alps, and humpback whales visiting undersea
mountains. Where the Animals Go is a triumph of technology, data
science, and design, bringing broad perspective and intimate detail
to our understanding of the animal kingdom.
The British Cartographic Society WINNER The BCS Award 2015 WINNER
The Stanfords Award for Printed Mapping 2015 WINNER John C
Bartholomew Award for Thematic Mapping 2015 In London: The
Information Capital, geographer James Cheshire and designer Oliver
Uberti join forces to bring you a series of new maps and graphics
charting life in London like never before When do police
helicopters catch criminals? Which borough of London is the
happiest? Is 'czesc' becoming a more common greeting than 'salaam'?
James Cheshire and Oliver Uberti could tell you, but they'd rather
show you. By combining millions of data points with stunning
design, they investigate how flights stack over Heathrow, who lives
longest, and where Londoners love to tweet. The result? One hundred
portraits of an old city in a very new way. Dr James Cheshire is a
geographer with a passion for London and its data. His
award-winning maps draw from his research as a lecturer at
University College London and have appeared in the Guardian and the
Financial Times, as well as on his popular blog,
mappinglondon.co.uk. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical
Society. Oliver Uberti is a visual journalist, designer, and the
recipient of many awards for his information graphics and art
direction. From 2003 to 2012, he worked in the design department of
National Geographic, most recently as Senior Design Editor. He has
a design studio in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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