Briscoe, Mary Helen

Preparing scientific illustrations : a guide to better posters, presentantions, and publications / Mary Helen Briscoe. - 2nd ed. - New York [etc.] : Springer, 1996. - xii, 204 p. : il. b. e n. ; 25 cm.

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Índice: Introduction: Learning to communicate visually. An intention to communicate. Good illustrations. Planning the figure.-- Drawings and diagrams: Line or continous-tone drawing?. Doing drawings?.-- Photographs: Photographic reproduction. Photographic figures. Photomicrographs. Gels. Video images. Charts and tables: Charts. Tables. Tables for slides. -- Molecular graphics: Genetic sequences. Restriction maps. Molecular models. Software comparison.-- Graphs and software: Kinds of graphs. Graph desing. Axis lines. Ticks. Labels. Label position. Design symbols and lines. Textures and constrast. Arrows and brackets. For good graphs. Graphing software.-- The journal figure: Journal instructions. Reduction. Format. Labels. Consistency. Final preparation. The printing process. -- Slides: Slides format. Labels for slides. Color.Worls slides. Slides from books and journals. Overhead transparencies. Making slides and overhead. -- Posters: Plan the poster. Poster text. Figueres. Poster layout. Poster production. Poster purpose.-- Using an illustrator: Communicate with the illustrator. The illustrator and the computer. The illustrator as a resource.-- Using a computer: Letter, fonts, and styles. Use computer options to sumplify and organize. Computer drawings and diagrams. Bit mapped versus vector-based graphs. Computer printout. Conclusions and suggested readings.-- Drawing by hand: Trim, mount, and label tracings. Trim, mount, and label gels. Draw and label graphs. Use a photocopy machine for corrections and changes.-- Conclusion: You should learn to communicate. You can learn.-- Bibliography.-- Sources of illustrations.-- Index

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