德国TASCHEN原版

National Geographic Infographics国家地理杂志信息图表

「国家地理」档案库中棒的信息图表选集

回首过去，信息时代曾是遥不可及的梦想，当世界还是相当神秘的时，「国家地理」已经开始执行它们的使命：为求知若渴的阅听众揭开历史、科普与文化的惊奇奥妙。

TASCHEN出版与国家地理携手合作，从过去128年的发行的杂志里，精挑细选出菁华的信息图表，汇整成这本新的选集。

本书共有七大主题：历史、地球、人类、动物世界、植物世界、科学与科技，太空。

「真材实料。这本重量级的书，汇集了128年来杂志里部分棒的信息图表。」- 纽约，Mental Floss

「过去128年来部分令人目眩神迷的信息图表范例。」- 伦敦，太阳报

「本书令人赞叹。」- Wired.com

编者Julius Wiedemann现居东京，专精于平面设计和营销研究，是一名数字与设计杂志的艺术编辑。他在出版商TASCHEN有多本着作，包括：Illustration Now!， Logo Design，Jazz Covers and Information Graphics.

A history of knowledge 
The best infographics from the National Geographic archives 

Back in the days when the information age was a distant dream and the world a more mysterious place,National Geographic began its mission to reveal the wonders of history, popular science, and culture to eager audiences around the globe. Since that 1888 launch, the world has changed; empires have risen and crumbled and a galaxy of information is today only the click of a mouse away. But National Geographic endures; its calm, authoritative voice is respected as ever amid the surfeit of data in our daily lives. 

In this new anthology, TASCHEN and National Geographic gather the magazine’s best infographics of the past 128 years. Through seven sections–History, The Planet, Being Human, Animal World, World of Plants, Science and Technology, and Space–we encounter the rise and fall of the Roman Empire, the mysterious origins of the Easter Island statues, Cleopatra’s Alexandria and a history of Hawaiian surfboarding, all distilled in expert, accessible graphic form. We discover how ourgenetic patterns have been pieced together over the years or how hip-hop emerged as a cultural heavyweight; we get to grips with global warming, and explore our ever-expanding study of an ever-expanding universe. 

With an essay by Nigel Holmes, charting the evolution of National Geographic over the decades and its pioneering use of graphics, as well as four fold-outs mimicking original pull-outs or inserts in the magazine, the book stands as a defining record of one of the world’s best-known publications as much as it is a beautifully presented repository of discovery and learning. Visualizing the histories, facts, and figures that make up our planet and our species, National Geographic Infographics is as true to the magazine’s original mission as ever–an anchor of knowledge and a wunderkammer of wisdom.