Chapter One
Foundations for an Applied Science of Data Visualization
In his book The End of Science, science writer John Horgan (1997) argued that science is finished except for the mopping up of details. He made a good case where physics is concerned. In that discipline, the remaining deep problems may involve generating so much energy as to require the harnessing of entire stars. Similarly, biology has its foundations in DNA and genetics and is now faced with the infinite but often tedious complexity of mapping genes into proteins through intricate pathways. What Horgan failed to recognize is that cognitive science has fundamental problems that are still to be solved. In particular, the mechanisms of the construction and storage of knowledge ...
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