Thinking Like Einstein: returning to our visual roots with the emerging revolution in computer information visualization: This is a book in the library. Here is a review from Library Journal:
“Drawing on a series of columns that he wrote for Computer Graphics magazine, West (director, Ctr. for Dyslexia & Talent, Krasnow Inst. for Advanced Study) postulates that we are on the verge of a new era of visually based thinking that will replace traditional, word- and number-based modes of teaching and learning. He is quick to point out that this world of visual imaging is quite different from ubiquitous television images comprising low information content and no interaction, citing as classic examples Albert Einstein as well as some contemporary pioneers in the forefront of visualization technologies. West explains how these individuals are working to infuse visualization technologies into education and business. This is not a how-to book like Michael Gelb’s How To Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci, another visual thinker, but instead a persuasive, provocative argument for the societal benefits of visual thinking. Recommended for all computer science collections.”