Atlas of the Invisible: Maps & Graphics That Will Change How You See the World

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An unprecedented portrait of the hidden patterns in human society - visualised through the world of data Humans create data with nearly everything we do. This world of information is invisible, but it shapes society in profound ways. In Atlas of the Invisible, award-winning geographer-designer team James Cheshire and Oliver Uberti redefine what an atlas can be. Transforming enormous data sets into rich maps and cutting-edge vizualisations, they uncover truths about our past, reflect who we are today, and highlight what we face in the years ahead. With their joyfully inquisitive approach, Cheshire and Uberti explore happiness and anxiety levels around the globe; they trace the undersea cables and cell towers that connect us; they examine hidden scars of geopolitics; and illustrate how a warming planet affects everything from hurricanes to the hajj. Years in the making, Atlas of the Invisible invites readers to marvel at the promise and peril of data, and to revel in the secrets and contours of a newly visible world.

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Geographer James Cheshire and designer Oliver Uberti redefine what an atlas can be * Guardian *
A stone cold act of genius -- Dan Snow
Fantastic . . . a magical combo of art and graphic gut-punch -- Dave Eggers
Imagine Morpheus explaining The Matrix to you - but he's also a brilliant graphic designer -- Minh L, author of LIFT
An endlessly fascinating array of insight and analysis -- Mark Reynolds * Traveller Magazine *
Demography and graphic design meet in an extraordinarily revealing book -- Starred review * Kirkus *
Mind-blowing maps that harness the power of data to tell us something about ourselves and our planet -- Hannah Fry
Spectacular and truly Humboldtian -- Andrea Wulf, author of THE INVENTION OF NATURE
A cartographer's dream, and often revelatory * Chicago Tribune *
Atlas of the Invisible erupts with a kind of rigorous wonder... A strange and startling masterpiece -- Matthew Spektor, author of AMERICAN DREAM MACHINE
An absolute visual delight -- Manuel Lima, author of VISUAL COMPLEXITY
If you're into #dataviz, you *need* to have this one -- Alberto Cairo, author of THE FUNCTIONAL ART
A masterful example of the power of visual storytelling to reveal [...] meaning and knowledge otherwise hidden from view -- Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, author of ZOOBIQUITY
An invaluable resource... It represents a critical new way of seeing and understanding * Print *

Author Bio

James Cheshire and Oliver Uberti have been making maps together for ten years. Their bestselling debut, London- The Information Capital, won the British Cartographic Society award for cartographic excellence. They won it again with their next book, Where the Animals Go, which Jane Goodall hailed for its 'help in our fight to save wildlife and wild habitats'. For their work on these atlases, James and Oliver were awarded the Corlis Benefideo Award for Imaginative Cartography by the North American Cartographic Information Society. Their maps have hung in exhibitions at the Swiss Museum of Design, the Museum of the City of New York and the New Bedford Whaling Museum and been featured in National Geographic,Wired, the Financial Times and the Guardian. The two collaborate across the curvature of the Earth from their respective outposts in London and Los Angeles. Perhaps one day their dogs, Howard and Misti, will meet.