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The Best American Infographics 2014
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Gareth Cook (Editor)
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The Best American Infographics 2013 (The Best American Series ®)
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Gareth Cook (Editor)
3.83 avg rating — 417 ratings
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Scientifica Historica: How the world's great science books chart the history of knowledge
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Brian Clegg (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 94 ratings
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The Sick Rose: Disease and the Art of Medical Illustration
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World War II: Infographics
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Semiology of graphics
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Graphics and Graphic Information Processing
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Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative
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Me and the World: An Infographic Exploration
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Envisioning Information
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National Geographic Almanac 2019: Hot New Science - Incredible Photographs - Maps, Facts, Infographics & More
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Beautiful Evidence
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The Global Economy as You’ve Never Seen It: 99 Ingenious Infographics That Put It All Together
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The Visual Display of Quantitative Information
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Velopedia: The infographic book of cycling
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The Minard System: The Complete Statistical Graphics of Charles-Joseph Minard
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The Transformer: Principles of Making Isotype Charts
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4.19 avg rating — 21 ratings
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The Where, the Why, and the How: 75 Artists Illustrate Wondrous Mysteries of Science
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Graphic Medicine Manifesto
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M.K. Czerwiec (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 103 ratings
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Playfair: The True Story of the British Secret Agent Who Changed How We See the World
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Graphic Public Health: A Comics Anthology and Road Map
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National Geographic Infographics
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Julius Wiedemann (Editor)
4.31 avg rating — 52 ratings
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The Stuff of Life: A Graphic Guide to Genetics and DNA
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Science Illustration. A History of Visual Knowledge from the 15th Century to Today
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National Geographic Stargazer's Atlas: The Ultimate Guide to the Night Sky
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Information Graphics
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Two Heads: A Graphic Exploration of How Our Brains Work with Other Brains
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4.15 avg rating — 455 ratings
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Understanding the World. The Atlas of Infographics
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4.52 avg rating — 79 ratings
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National Geographic Almanac 2020: Trending Topics - Big Ideas in Science - Photos, Maps, Facts & More
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4.28 avg rating — 82 ratings
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History of Information Graphics
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National Geographic Backyard Guide to the Night Sky
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4.38 avg rating — 175 ratings
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The Functional Art: An introduction to information graphics and visualization
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The Art of Space: The History of Space Art, from the Earliest Visions to the Graphics of the Modern Era
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Ron Miller (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 56 ratings
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Retro Graphics
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SendPoints (Editor)
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Introducing Particle Physics: A Graphic Guide
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Tom Whyntie (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 398 ratings
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Philographics: Big Ideas in Simple Shapes
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Genis Carreras (Creator)
4.26 avg rating — 164 ratings
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Trinity: A Graphic History of the First Atomic Bomb
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Jonathan Fetter-Vorm (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 3,474 ratings
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Food & Drink Infographics. A Visual Guide to Culinary Pleasures
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4.34 avg rating — 50 ratings
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Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species: A Graphic Adaptation
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3.72 avg rating — 904 ratings
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100 Diagrams That Changed the World: From the Earliest Cave Paintings to the Innovation of the iPod
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Introducing Jung: A Graphic Guide
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W. E. B. Du Bois's Data Portraits: Visualizing Black America
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Whitney Battle-Baptiste (Editor)
4.62 avg rating — 486 ratings
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A Garden Eden. Masterpieces of Botanical Illustration (Bibliotheca Universalis)
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4.54 avg rating — 132 ratings
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Dear Data
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Giorgia Lupi (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 1,156 ratings
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Crucial Interventions: An Illustrated Treatise on the Principles & Practice of Nineteenth-Century Surgery
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Visual Insights: A Practical Guide to Making Sense of Data
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Reactions: An Illustrated Exploration of Elements, Molecules, and Change in the Universe, Book 3 of 3
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4.35 avg rating — 343 ratings
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Atlas of Knowledge: Anyone Can Map
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What We See in the Stars: An Illustrated Tour of the Night Sky
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Atlas of Science: Visualizing What We Know
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Book of Circles: Visualizing Spheres of Knowledge
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The Instant Physicist: An Illustrated Guide
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Visual Complexity: Mapping Patterns of Information
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3.98 avg rating — 377 ratings
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Art Forms in Nature
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The Book of Trees: Visualizing Branches of Knowledge
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Maps for Time Travelers: How Archaeologists Use Technology to Bring Us Closer to the Past
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3.76 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Blogviz: Mapping the dynamics of Information Diffusion in Blogspace
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The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
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Information Visualization: Perception for Design
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Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks
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3.86 avg rating — 8,148 ratings
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The Art & Science of Ernst Haeckel
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Ernst Haeckel (Science-Artist)
4.61 avg rating — 120 ratings
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A New Map of Wonders: A Journey in Search of Modern Marvels
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The Infographic Bible
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Archaeology from Space: How the Future Shapes Our Past
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Sarah Parcak (Goodreads Author)
3.72 avg rating — 999 ratings
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Visual and Statistical Thinking: Displays of Evidence for Making Decisions
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The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe
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Visual Thinking for Design (Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive Technologies)
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Visualizing the Sacred: Cosmic Visions, Regionalism, and the Art of the Mississippian World (Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies)
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George E. Lankford (Editor)
4.54 avg rating — 13 ratings
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The Oxford Illustrated History of Science
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Iwan Rhys Morus (editor)
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Natural World: A Visual Compendium of Wonders from Nature
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Theories for Everything: An Illustrated History of Science
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Seeing Science: The Art of Making the Invisible Visible
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Jack Challoner (Goodreads Author)
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Dictionary of Scientific Illustrations and Symbols: Moral Truths Mirrored in Scientific Facts ...
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What's So Funny About Science?: cartoons from American Scientist
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Sidney Harris (Cartoonist)
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Köhler's Atlas der Medizinal-Pflanzen
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How Zoologists Organize Things: The Art of Classification
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Seeing Is Believing: 700 Years of Scientific and Medical Illustration
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Atom Land: A Guided Tour Through the Strange and Impossibly Small World of Particle Physics
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Jon Butterworth (Goodreads Author)
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The Ciba Collection of Medical Illustrations
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Einstein Atomized: More Science Cartoons
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Body Modern: Fritz Kahn, Scientific Illustration, and the Homuncular Subject
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Michael Sappol (Goodreads Author)
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The Cartoon Introduction to Climate Change
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Scientific Illustration: A Guide to Biological, Zoological, and Medical Rendering Techniques, Design, Printing, and Display
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Art and Architecture of Insects
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The Guild Handbook of Scientific Illustration
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Elaine R.S. Hodges (Editor)
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Evolution: The Story of Life on Earth
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Effective Data Visualization: The Right Chart for the Right Data
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Stephanie D.H. Evergreen (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 165 ratings
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The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry (Cartoon Guide Series)
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Truthful Art, The: Data, Charts, and Maps for Communication
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The Cartoon Guide to Genetics
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Data Flow: Visualising Information in Graphic Design
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William Bartram, The Search for Nature's Design: Selected Art, Letters, and Unpublished Writings (Wormsloe Foundation Nature Books)
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Thomas Hallock (Editor)
4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Beautiful Visualization: Looking at Data through the Eyes of Experts
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The Cartoon Guide to Physics (Cartoon Guide Series)
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Medical Illuminations: Using Evidence, Visualization and Statistical Thinking to Improve Healthcare
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The Cartoon Guide to Statistics
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Cartographies of Time
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The Cartoon History of Time
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Diagrams: A visual survey of graphs, maps, charts and diagrams for the graphic designer
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Info We Trust: How to Inspire the World with Data
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How to Vote
To vote on existing books from the list, beside each book there is a link vote for this book clicking it will add that book to your votes.
To vote on books not in the list or books you couldn't find in the list, you can click on the tab add books to this list and then choose from your books, or simply search.
