The Eyes Have It

Lecture notes provided by Prof. John P. Boyd of University of Michigan for students taking “ENG 503: Scientific Visualization and Information Architecture” In PDF.

Chapters include “How to Graph Badly”, “The Gospel According to Tufte”, “Axis Magic”, “Contour Plots”, “Mesh Plots”, “Vector or Arrow Plots”, “Drawing”, “Fonts”, “Scanning”, “Halftones”, “Lighting”, “Color Models”, “Image Processing and Photoshop”, “Animation and Video”, “Scientific GUIs”, “Fine Arts”, “Archetypes and Lineages” and “Three-Dimensional Graphics”.

Also includes a comprehensive glossary and a fairly exhaustive bibliography. Professor Boyd is obviously in possession of a heavy-duty math intellect, but he still manages to convey how important the creative aspects of graphic design are to data visualization.