Data Soliloquies is a book about the extraordinary cultural fluidity of
scientific data. A wide array of graphs, charts, computer models and other
forms of visual advocacy have become inescapable fixtures of public science
presentations, though they are often treated as if they were neutral 'found
objects; rather than elaborate narrative constructions containing high
levels of statistical uncertainty. Through a mix of essays and artworks,
this witty and engaging book - the result of a collaboration between Richard
Hamblyn and Martin John Callanan during their terms as writer and artist in
residence at the UCL Environment Institute - examines the theatricality of
scientific data display, while critiquing some of the poorly designed
statistical wallpaper that surrounds so much public science debate.
ISBN 9780903305044 (November 2009)
Available for order on Amazon.co.uk and all good bookshops
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