Libri di James Cheshire migliori da leggere e consigliati

‘Turn the pages to revel in the techno-tracking that is revealing the secrets of animal lives. This is science at its best, the art of understanding truth and beauty’ Chris Packham Once tracking animals meant following footprints. Now satellites, drones, camera traps, cellphone networks, apps and accelerometers allow us to see the natural world as never before. For the first time, this book lets you follow the journeys of seals, sharks, elephants, bumble bees, owls and wolves all over the world. Open it, and go where the animals go. ‘This is a special kind of detective story’ New Scientist ‘This book is beautiful as well as informative and inspiring. There is no doubt it will help in our fight to save wildlife and wild habitats’ Dr Jane Goodall ‘Beautiful and thrilling … a joy to study cover to cover’ E. O. Wilson

Discover the hidden patterns in human society as you have never seen them before – through the world of data 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.

The British Cartographic Society WINNER The BCS Award 2015 WINNER The Stanfords Award for Printed Mapping 2015 WINNER John C Bartholomew Award for Thematic Mapping 2015 In London: The Information Capital, geographer James Cheshire and designer Oliver Uberti join forces to bring you a series of new maps and graphics charting life in London like never before When do police helicopters catch criminals? Which borough of London is the happiest? Is ‘czesc’ becoming a more common greeting than ‘salaam’? James Cheshire and Oliver Uberti could tell you, but they’d rather show you. By combining millions of data points with stunning design, they investigate how flights stack over Heathrow, who lives longest, and where Londoners love to tweet. The result? One hundred portraits of an old city in a very new way. Dr James Cheshire is a geographer with a passion for London and its data. His award-winning maps draw from his research as a lecturer at University College London and have appeared in the Guardian and the Financial Times, as well as on his popular blog, mappinglondon.co.uk. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Oliver Uberti is a visual journalist, designer, and the recipient of many awards for his information graphics and art direction. From 2003 to 2012, he worked in the design department of National Geographic, most recently as Senior Design Editor. He has a design studio in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Ma dove vanno gli animali? Quando per la prima volta una mappa una mappa mi fece entrare nella vita di un animale per la mia coscienza fu un punto di non ritorno. Per migliaia di anni, seguire e monitorare gli animali ha significato affidarsi allo studio delle loro impronte; oggi satelliti, droni, telecamere nascoste, reti di cellulari e accelerometri ci rivelano il mondo naturale come mai era successo finora. James Cheshire e Oliver Uberti raccontano come i fringuelli rilevino le tempeste in arrivo usando le vibrazioni acustiche, descrivono il complesso sistema decisionale dei babbuini, spiegano perché le cicogne preferiscano le discariche. Ci troviamo poi a seguire lupi innamorati che attraversano le Alpi, megattere che si spingono a esplorare mondi sommersi, pitoni che si, rincorrono nei parchi nazionali statunitensi.