On November 15, 2010, SLIS professor Katy Börner introduced her new book Atlas of Science: Visualizing What We Know (MIT Press, 2010) at the University College London (UCL), UK. The event was part of the UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis - CASA Seminar Series. It was titled: "Atlas of Science Lecture, Book Launch and Reception."
• Slides from the Atlas of Science Book Launch
• About the Atlas of Science: "Cartographic maps have guided our explorations for centuries, allowing us to navigate the world. Science maps have the potential to guide our search for knowledge in the same way, allowing us to visualize scientific results. Science maps help us navigate, understand, and communicate the dynamic and changing structure of science and technology—help us make sense of the avalanche of data generated by scientific research today. Atlas of Science, featuring more than thirty full-page science maps, fifty data charts, a timeline of science-mapping milestones, and 500 color images, serves as a sumptuous visual index to the evolution of modern science and as an introduction to "the science of science"—charting the trajectory from scientific concept to published results."
Then on November 16-17, 2010, Börner presented "Plug-and-Play Macroscopes: Custom Tools for Data Analysis, Modeling, and Visualization" at the BBSRC/AHRC Workshop, The Thistle Grand Hotel, Bristol, England. The Workshop was titled: "The Challenges of Visualising Biological Data".
Posted December 03, 2010