HOME PAGE: ENG 503: Scientific Visualization and Information Architecture
Instructor: John P. Boyd
email: jpboyd@umich.edu
phone: (734) 764-3338
FAX: (734) 764-5137
Office: 1535 Space Physics Bldg. (east wing, first floor)
Text: Lecture notes, typeset in Latex, which will be passed out
in chapters.
Chapters will also be available as links from this homepage to Adobe .pdf files.
Engineering 503 Course Announcement:
Scientific Visualization and Information Architecture
Course Notes: Title Page and Table of Contents (.pdf file, 0.052 MB)
Course Notes: Chapter 1: How to Graph Badly
(.pdf file, 0.480 MB)
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Chapter 2:The Gospel Accoding to Tufte
(.pdf file, 3.5MB)
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Chapter 3: Axis Magic
(.pdf file, 0.371 MB)
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Chapter 4: Contour Plots
(.pdf file, 1.4MB)
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Chapter 5: Mesh Plots
(.pdf file, 1.MB)
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Chapter 6: Vector or Arrow Plots
(.pdf file, 0.8MB)
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Chapter 7: Drawing
(.pdf file, 1.8MB)
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Chapter 8: Fonts
(.pdf file, 0.2MB)
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Chapter 9: Scanning
(.pdf file, .11MB)
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Chapter 10: Halftones
(.pdf file, .3MB)
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Chapter 11:Lighting
(.pdf file, .3MB)
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Chapter 12: Color Models
(.pdf file, .06MB)
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Chapter 13: Image Processing and Photoshop
(.pdf file, .7MB)
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Chapter 14: Animation and Video
(.pdf file, .4MB)
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Chapter 15: Scientific GUIs
(.pdf file, .4MB)
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Chapter 16: Fine Arts
(.pdf file, .5MB)
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Chapter 17: Archetypes and Lineages
(.pdf file, 1.0MB)
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Chapter 18: Three-Dimensional Graphics
(.pdf file, .7MB)
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Glossary & References
(.pdf file, .1MB)
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Drawing Scan File
(.eps [Mac preview] file, 0.056MB)
Photoshop Homework File: Jupiter Great Red Spot
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Photoshop Homework: Saturnspot.psd File
Photoshop Homework: Neptune2spots.psd