A Researcher’s Guide to Scientific and Medical Illustrations
In this age of communication and in this age of increasingly complex scientific research, effective communication is vital. Yet, good communication is difficult and rare, and poor communication hampers the development of the scientific enterprise. The reader or listener may become frustrated or exha...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer New York
1990, 1990
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1990 |
| Series: | Brock Springer Series in Contemporary Bioscience
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1 Introduction
- What is Communication?
- An Intention to Communicate
- Visual Communication
- Good Illustrations
- Using Words
- Using Pictures
- 2 Plan the Figure
- When to Use a Figure
- What to Illustrate
- How Much Information
- Find Out About the Viewer
- Know the Media Requirements
- Plan Integral Figures
- Plan for Sufficient Time and Money
- Plan to Communicate Visually
- An Exercise in Planning
- 3 Drawings and Diagrams
- Line or Continuous Tone Drawing
- Communicating With the Artist
- 4 Photographs
- Photographic Reproduction
- Tracings
- Photographic Figures
- Photomicrographs
- Gels
- Video Images
- 5 Charts and Tables
- Charts
- Tables
- 6 Molecular Graphics
- Genetic Sequences
- Restriction Maps
- Molecular Models
- 7 Kinds of Graphs
- The Pie Graph
- The Bar Graph
- The Histogram
- The Line Graph
- The Scattergram
- Overlapping Graph Forms
- 8 Graph Design
- Axis Lines
- Labels
- Design Symbols and Lines
- Texture and Contrast
- Arrows and Brackets
- 9 The Journal Figure
- Journal Instructions
- Reduction
- Format
- Labels
- Consistency
- Final Preparation
- The Printing Process
- 10 Slides
- Slide Format
- Labels for Slides
- Color
- Slides From Books and Journals
- 11 Posters
- Plan the Poster
- Poster Text
- Figures
- Poster Layout
- Poster Production
- Poster Purpose
- 12 Using an Illustrator
- Communicate With the Illustrator
- The Illustrator and the Computer
- The Illustrator as a Resource
- 13 Using a Computer
- Letters, Fonts, and Styles
- Use Computer Options to Simplify and Organize
- Computer Drawings and Diagrams
- Bit Mapped vs Vector-Based Graphics
- Computer Generated Graphs
- Computer Print Out
- 14 Drawing by Hand
- Trim, Mount, and Label Tracings
- Trim, Mount, and Label Gels
- Draw and Label Graphs 182
- Photocopy Machine for Corrections and Changes
- 15 Conclusion
- You Should Learn to Communicate
- You Can Learn
- Source of Illustrations