Kieran Healy

Data Visualization

A Practical Introduction

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An accessible primer on how to create effective graphics from dataThis book provides students and researchers a hands-on introduction to the principles and practice of data visualization. It explains what makes some graphs succeed while others fail, how to make high-quality figures from data using powerful and reproducible methods, and how to t

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 263mm x 208mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 900g
• ISBN-13: 9780691181615
• ISBN-10: 0691181616
• Artikelnr.: 53067727

Autorenporträt

Kieran Healy is associate professor of sociology at Duke University. He is the author of Last Best Gifts: Altruism and the Market for Human Blood and Organs.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part One: The Dawn of the 4th Dynasty
1. The Reign of Sneferu
2. Sneferu at Meidum
3. Dahshur: Sneferu and the Cult of the Sun
4. The Court of Sneferu
5. The King Is Dead
Part Two: The Reign of the Sun God
6. The Early Reign of Khufu
7. Revolution in Year Five
8. Ruthless Monarch or Great
Scientist?
9. Khufu's Court
10. The Completion of the Great Pyramid
and the Death of Khufu
Part Three: The Heirs of Khufu
11. Battles Stir Within the Royal Family: Djedefre at Abu Rawash
12. The Conspiracies of Khafre
13. The Pyramid Complex of Khafre
14. The Court of Khafre
15. The Death of Khafre
16. Menkaure Ascends the Throne
Part Four: The Pyramid Builders at Giza
17. The Pyramid Builders of Giza
18. The Lives of the Pyramid Builders
Part Five: The End of an Era
19. Shepseskaf, the Good Son
20. The Rising of the Sons of Re: The Reign of Khentkawes and the Dawn of
the 5th Dynasty
21. The Abandonment of Giza
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Index