Data Visualization in Practice is a book that takes you through the theory, design, and implementation of high-impact visualizations of data.
This book couldn’t be more timely. Vast amounts of raw data are being generated by modern technologies, human life and, increasingly, from nature itself through sensors that measure every niche of the earth, from mountains to oceans, as well as the outer atmosphere and space. Powerful hardware and sophisticated algorithms are being deployed to process this data. But the velocity of growth of raw data continues to outpace the ability of today’s Big Data/analytics infrastructure to make sense of it all. And because the human brain is still the last stop for the end result of all this frenzied data wrangling, the time has come to provide just the information people need when they need it. This combination of factors means that data visualizations are mandatory to tame the data flood, and render it into meaningful insights.
That’s just what data scientist and entrepreneur Suresh Jois helps you do in Data Visualization in Practice. As he demonstrates, unlike most other branches of technology and engineering, data visualization requires a rare combination of technical and aesthetic skills, combined with an intuitive understanding of the psychology of communication. This combination of skills makes data visualization a challenging, but also a fun and adventurous skill to learn. It is the last, most crucial and mandatory step in the complex processes of data science. Jois will help you use data visualization to bring to life—in vivid and spectacular fashion—the entire investment of time, money, and human effort that goes into complex projects.