A Concise Introduction to Scientific Visualization

Past, Present, and Future

Brad Eric Hollister, Alex Pang

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022

ISBN-13: 9783030864194

ISBN-10: 3030864197

Pages: 107

Subjects: Computers / History, Mathematics / Graphic Methods, Computers / Software Development & Engineering / Computer Graphics, Computers / Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Computers / User Interfaces, Computers / General, Mathematics / Probability & Statistics / Stochastic Processes, Computers / Software Development & Engineering / General, Computers / Operating Systems / General

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About A Concise Introduction to Scientific Visualization

Scientific visualization has always been an integral part of discovery, starting first with simplified drawings of the pre-Enlightenment and progressing to present day. Mathematical formalism often supersedes visual methods, but their use is at the core of the mental process. As historical examples, a spatial description of flow led to electromagnetic theory, and without visualization of crystals, structural chemistry would not exist. With the advent of computer graphics technology, visualization has become a driving force in modern computing. A Concise Introduction to Scientific Visualization – Past, Present, and Future serves as a primer to visualization without assuming prior knowledge. It discusses both the history of visualization in scientific endeavour, and how scientific visualization is currently shaping the progress of science as a multi-disciplinary domain.

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