德國TASCHEN原版

National Geographic Infographics國傢地理雜誌信息圖錶

「國傢地理」檔案庫中棒的信息圖錶選集

迴首過去，信息時代曾是遙不可及的夢想，當世界還是相當神秘的時，「國傢地理」已經開始執行它們的使命：為求知若渴的閱聽眾揭開曆史、科普與文化的驚奇奧妙。

TASCHEN齣版與國傢地理攜手閤作，從過去128年的發行的雜誌裏，精挑細選齣菁華的信息圖錶，匯整成這本新的選集。

本書共有七大主題：曆史、地球、人類、動物世界、植物世界、科學與科技，太空。

「真材實料。這本重量級的書，匯集瞭128年來雜誌裏部分棒的信息圖錶。」- 紐約，Mental Floss

「過去128年來部分令人目眩神迷的信息圖錶範例。」- 倫敦，太陽報

「本書令人贊嘆。」- Wired.com

編者Julius Wiedemann現居東京，專精於平麵設計和營銷研究，是一名數字與設計雜誌的藝術編輯。他在齣版商TASCHEN有多本著作，包括：Illustration Now!， Logo Design，Jazz Covers and Information Graphics.

A history of knowledge 
The best infographics from the National Geographic archives 

Back in the days when the information age was a distant dream and the world a more mysterious place,National Geographic began its mission to reveal the wonders of history, popular science, and culture to eager audiences around the globe. Since that 1888 launch, the world has changed; empires have risen and crumbled and a galaxy of information is today only the click of a mouse away. But National Geographic endures; its calm, authoritative voice is respected as ever amid the surfeit of data in our daily lives. 

In this new anthology, TASCHEN and National Geographic gather the magazine’s best infographics of the past 128 years. Through seven sections–History, The Planet, Being Human, Animal World, World of Plants, Science and Technology, and Space–we encounter the rise and fall of the Roman Empire, the mysterious origins of the Easter Island statues, Cleopatra’s Alexandria and a history of Hawaiian surfboarding, all distilled in expert, accessible graphic form. We discover how ourgenetic patterns have been pieced together over the years or how hip-hop emerged as a cultural heavyweight; we get to grips with global warming, and explore our ever-expanding study of an ever-expanding universe. 

With an essay by Nigel Holmes, charting the evolution of National Geographic over the decades and its pioneering use of graphics, as well as four fold-outs mimicking original pull-outs or inserts in the magazine, the book stands as a defining record of one of the world’s best-known publications as much as it is a beautifully presented repository of discovery and learning. Visualizing the histories, facts, and figures that make up our planet and our species, National Geographic Infographics is as true to the magazine’s original mission as ever–an anchor of knowledge and a wunderkammer of wisdom.