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Maps and Graphics That Will Change How You See the World
by James Cheshire, Oliver Uberti
An unprecedented portrait of the hidden patterns in human society - visualized through the world of data.
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.
"In a work that brilliantly demonstrates how big data and its visual representation can be put to work, the authors analyze the shift from rural to urban residence across the world, the mixed-race DNA that most of us carry without necessarily knowing it, the connections of rivers to commerce, and many other matters of compelling interest. Demography and graphic design meet in an extraordinarily revealing book." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"The award-winning team of Cheshire and Uberti collaborate for the third time in this unique volume...[Atlas of the Invisible] will enable readers to better understand the world and its challenges. Furthermore, as the authors express eloquently in the epilogue, it is designed to inspire readers to act. This work will appeal to readers with a wide range of interests, including cartography, history, and the environment." - Library Journal
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James Cheshire is professor of geographic information and cartography at University College London.
Oliver Uberti is a Los Angeles–based designer and a former design editor for National Geographic.
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