How Scientists See the World: 10 Data Visualizations From the Atlas of Science

As the amount and complexity of scientific data increases, the need to better visualize that information becomes more important. In the new book Atlas of Science: Visualizing What We Know, author Katy Börner gathers hundreds of examples of scientific maps, data charts, and timelines that span both geography and history–the book includes Claudius Ptolemy’s Cosmographia World Map from 1482.