Hidden Patterns : Visualizing Networks at BarabásiLab

Ferenc Eln

ISBN 10: 3775748628 / ISBN 13: 9783775748629

Published by Hatje Cantz Verlag Dez 2020, 2020

Neuware - Albert-László Barabási's research has changed the way the world understands networks. For twenty-five years, he and his colleagues at the BarabásiLab have been developing the visual vocabulary of complexity, inspired by his pioneering research on everything from protein interactions to the spread of fake news. Their 2-D visualizations and 3-D data sculptures have enabled us to see how the complex systems that govern our lives actually function. Hidden Patterns documents the evolution of the BarabásiLab's visual language. Published on the occasion of a retrospective exhibition of the BarabásiLab's work, which will debut at the Ludwig Museum in Budapest and then travel to ZKM | Center for Art and Media in Karlsruhe, Germany, this large-scale, richly illustrated compendium features dozens of full-color visualizations together with commentary and curatorial insights by leading voices in the worlds of art and design.ALBERT-LÁSZLÓ BARABÁSI (\*1967, Câr a, Romania) is a Distinguished University Professor of Physics and the director of the Center for Complex Network Research at Northeastern University in Boston. He also holds an appointment in the Department of Medicine at Harvard University and directs a European Research Council project at Central European University, in Budapest, Hungary. The recipient of the 2018 Moholy-Nagy Prize for his humanistic approach to technology and the former head of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Complex Systems, Barabási is the author of The Formula (2018), Bursts (2010), Linked (2002), and the award-winning textbook, Network Science (2016). Seller Inventory # 9783775748629

Synopsis:

Accompanying the solo exhibition of Barabasi Lab at the Ludwig Museum Budapest and the ZKM in Karlsruhe, this book will be more than exhibition catalogue: it comes with a range of voices and viewpoints that give readers a sweeping view of the work Barabasi has done over the last twenty years and how it connects to art, science, and our general outlook on the world today.

The Center for Complex Network Research (CCNR) at Northeastern University was founded 20 years ago and the lab is dedicated to a deeper thinking about networks―how they emerge and evolve, what they look like, and how they impact our understanding of complex systems. The backbone of this book are the extraordinary visualisations, in 2-D and 3-D, that Barabasi’s lab has evolved, and which are unique not only to his practice but to the world of network theory and science at large.

A series of essays and statements by scientists and artists alike will be followed by a long, beautiful array of breathtaking plates. Given the current state of the world, the book will also explain how Barabasi’s work relates to Covid-19 and how understanding networks helps us predict and understand the spread of diseases.

About the Author: Albert-László Barabási (b. 1967), a Romanian-born Hungarian-American physicist, is the Robert Gray Dodge Professor of Network Science, a Distinguished University Professor or Physics, and the Director of the Center for Complex Network Research (CCNR) at Northeastern University. The CCNR is a thirty-person lab dedicated to deeper thinking about networks―how they emerge and evolve, what they look like, and how they impact our understanding of complex systems. CCNR’s research studies span a wide range of subjects, from cellular protein interaction to how distant galaxies fit together in the cosmic web to what blend of popularity and performance leads to success in tennis.Barabási and his lab are renown for producing highly creative visualizations that depict the research findings in often colorful 2- and 3-D models. Examples of his visualization work have been shown at the Serpentine Gallery in London and the Smithsonian’s Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum in New York City.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Hidden Patterns : Visualizing Networks at ...
Publisher: Hatje Cantz Verlag Dez 2020
Publication Date: 2020
Binding: Buch
Condition: Neu