History and Impact of SciVis

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Cave Drawings and Early Language Development

Primitive man left behind cave paintings and hieroglyphs.

To save space and time, pictures gradually became stylized and ultimately evolved into characters.

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presentation from the teacher’s presentation

Cave Drawings and Early Language Development

As societies became more _____ so did languages; and as travel brought people of different cultures together, written languages evolved further to be more versatile.

Hundreds of characters could be narrowed down to a select set of "letters." An entire language could then be represented using various combinations of ______.

Perspective Drawings Through _____, artists sought

methods to portray images of the world around them.

During the time of the Renaissance, _____ (space and depth relationships) became a very important part of the desire to produce realistic images.

Maps A map is a _____ representation of a 3D space. The item can be as large as our solar

system or _____, or as small as chromosomal genes.

Maps show our world as a set of _____, lines, and areas, using many different features, such as size, shape, value, texture, pattern, color, and orientation.

The kind of map you use depends on the kind of _____ you want to obtain or analyze.

Maps ___ Maps – Show

roadways and physical boundaries.

____ Maps – Have contour lines that show elevation.

Maps ____ Maps – Have

information about flight paths.

_____ Maps – Show locations of weather patterns.

Different kinds of Maps _____ Maps – There

are several kinds of concept maps.

A _____ map is organized by placing the central theme or unifying factor in the center of the map. Outwardly radiating _____surrounding the center of the map.

Different kinds of Maps The _____ concept map presents information in a

descending order of importance. The most important information is placed on the top.

The flowchart concept map organizes information in a linear format.

Different kinds of Maps _____ –Shows locations

of specific genes in DNA

_____ – Shows rooms in a building.

Photography The development of photography

depended on understanding the ____ of light to record images and chemical processes to produce permanent images.

The improvement of _____ (celluloid film) and processes allowed everyone to enjoy the photographic process. This process allowed the pictures to be recorded on an easy to use medium.

Television With the invention of

_____, images could be brought into the home.

Television combined ____ with motion and eventually color was added.

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