Mapping scientific frontiers : the quest for knowledge visualization /

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Author / Creator:Chen, Chaomei, 1960-
Imprint:London ; New York : Springer, c2003.
Description:xii, 240 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4832418
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ISBN:1852334940 (acid-free paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:Examining the history and developments in the quest for knowledge visualization from an interdisciplinary perspective, this book presents the following features: simple diagrams for modeling and visualization procedures, interdisciplinary perspectives, involving bibliometrics, cartography, information visualization, and philosophy of science, real-world examples of co-word analysis, co-citation analysis, and patent citation analysis, detailed case studies of visualizing scientific paradigms, including the mass extinction debates, the active galactic nuclei paradigm and mad cow disease.
Physical Description:xii, 240 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1852334940