Atlas of the Invisible: Maps and Graphics That Will Change How You See the World (edition 2021)

by James Cheshire (Author), Oliver Uberti (Author)

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"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"--… (more)

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Title:	Atlas of the Invisible: Maps and Graphics That Will Change How You See the World
Authors:	James Cheshire (Author)
Other authors:	Oliver Uberti (Author)
Info:	W. W. Norton & Company (2021), 224 pages
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Atlas of the Invisible: Maps and Graphics That Will Change How You See the World by James Cheshire

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Full colour visual maps illustrating statistical information of many things including air pollution, popular names, light pollution, air traffic movements. Quite interesting, and graphically stimulating, but a little like reading an encyclopaedia. (

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AChild | May 30, 2023 |

Overrated. How did this end up with such good reviews? It's a bunch of maps, with a lot of social drama behind them, but a lot of the maps aren't that interesting or well-thought out. (

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cwebb | Jan 14, 2023 |

When I saw this book, I knew I had to check it out! I LOVE maps and this one is super unique: maps that show how inhospitable the South is to The Marshall Islands in the South Pacific where water is literally rising above the buildings to a redrawing of state lines by commute in the U.S. There is just SO MUCH in this book to read, to look at, to dissect. Fascinating! (

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BarbF410 | May 22, 2022 |

nonfiction - visual maps and charts of social, historical and scientific data

lots of (sometimes tiny) text but pretty fascinating. A second, additional volume would probably do well! (

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reader1009 | Dec 5, 2021 |

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Globe Book Award for Public Understanding of Geography (Winner – 2021)

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King County Library System Best Books (Nonfiction Books – 2021)

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"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"--

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