Ebook: Mapping Scientific Frontiers: The Quest for Knowledge Visualization

Mapping Scientific Frontiers examines the history and the latest developments in the quest for knowledge visualization from an interdisciplinary perspective, ranging from theories of invisible colleges and competing paradigms, to practical applications of visualization techniques for capturing intellectual structures, and the rise and fall of scientific paradigms. Containing simple and easy to follow diagrams for modeling and visualization procedures, as well as detailed case studies and real world examples, this is a valuable reference source for researchers and practitioners, such as science policy analysts, funding agencies, consultancy firms, and higher education institutions. It presents 163 illustrations, 111 in colour, including maps, paintings, images, computer visualizations and animations.

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Mapping Scientific Frontiers examines the history and the latest developments in the quest for knowledge visualization from an interdisciplinary perspective, ranging from theories of invisible colleges and competing paradigms, to practical applications of visualization techniques for capturing intellectual structures, and the rise and fall of scientific paradigms. Containing simple and easy to follow diagrams for modeling and visualization procedures, as well as detailed case studies and real world examples, this is a valuable reference source for researchers and practitioners, such as science policy analysts, funding agencies, consultancy firms, and higher education institutions. It presents 163 illustrations, 111 in colour, including maps, paintings, images, computer visualizations and animations.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
The Growth of Scientific Knowledge....Pages 1-38
Mapping the Universe....Pages 39-65
Mapping the Mind....Pages 67-99
Enabling Techniques for Science Mapping....Pages 101-133
On the Shoulders of Giants....Pages 135-166
Tracing Competing Paradigms....Pages 167-190
Tracking Latent Domain Knowledge....Pages 191-223
Back Matter....Pages 225-240

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Mapping Scientific Frontiers examines the history and the latest developments in the quest for knowledge visualization from an interdisciplinary perspective, ranging from theories of invisible colleges and competing paradigms, to practical applications of visualization techniques for capturing intellectual structures, and the rise and fall of scientific paradigms. Containing simple and easy to follow diagrams for modeling and visualization procedures, as well as detailed case studies and real world examples, this is a valuable reference source for researchers and practitioners, such as science policy analysts, funding agencies, consultancy firms, and higher education institutions. It presents 163 illustrations, 111 in colour, including maps, paintings, images, computer visualizations and animations.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
The Growth of Scientific Knowledge....Pages 1-38
Mapping the Universe....Pages 39-65
Mapping the Mind....Pages 67-99
Enabling Techniques for Science Mapping....Pages 101-133
On the Shoulders of Giants....Pages 135-166
Tracing Competing Paradigms....Pages 167-190
Tracking Latent Domain Knowledge....Pages 191-223
Back Matter....Pages 225-240
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