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" Preparing scientific illustrations : "
Mary Helen Briscoe
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BL
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655813
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| Main Entry
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Briscoe, Mary Helen
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| Title & Author
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Preparing scientific illustrations : : a guide to better posters, presentations, and publications /\ Mary Helen Briscoe
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| Edition Statement
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2nd ed
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xii, 204 p. :: ill. ;; 27 cm
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| ISBN
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0387945814 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 9780387945811 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-188) and index
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| Contents
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Introduction -- Learning to communicate visually -- An intention to communicate -- Good illustrations -- Planning the figure -- Drawings and diagrams -- Line or continuous-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 design -- Axis lines -- Ticks -- Labels -- Label position -- Design symbols and lines -- Texture and contrast -- Arrows and brackets -- For good graphs -- Graphing software -- The journal figure -- Journal instructions -- Reduction -- Format -- Labels -- Consistency -- Final preparation -- The printing process -- Slides -- Slide format -- Labels for slides -- Color -- Word slides -- Slides from books and journals -- Overhead transparencies -- Making slides and overheads -- Posters -- Plan the poster -- Poster text -- Figures -- 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 -- Letters, fonts, and styles -- Use computer options to simplify and organize -- Computer drawings and diagrams -- Bit mapped versus vector-based graphics -- 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
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Scientific illustration
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| Dewey Classification
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502/.2
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| LC Classification
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Q222.B75 1996
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1996 B-044
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WZ 348B859p 1996
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| Parallel Title
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Guide to better posters, presentations, and publications
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