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3D Data Visualization for Science Communication
Available on Coursera for free by 
https://www.coursera.org/learn/data-visualization-science-communication
This course is an introduction to 3D scientific data visualization, with an emphasis on science communication and cinematic design for appealing to broad audiences. You will develop visualization literacy, through being able to interpret/analyze (read) visualizations and create (write) your own visualizations.
By the end of this course, you will:
- Develop visualization literacy.
- Learn the practicality of working with spatial data.
- Understand what makes a scientific visualization meaningful.
- Learn how to create educational visualizations that maintain scientific accuracy.
- Understand what makes a scientific visualization cinematic.
- Learn how to create visualizations that appeal to broad audiences.
- Learn how to work with image-making software. (for those completing the Honors track)
Scientific Visualization in Houdini
Kalina Borkiewicz says:
Cinematic Scientific Visualization provides an another step beyond diagrams and abstractions that we are used to seeing in textbooks. The difference from those more simplified images is that it puts the science in context and is more emotional and memorable to audiences. Cinematic scientific visualization is an especially accessible form of science communication, because it exploits the processing power of the visual cortex in the human brain, and because it leverages a powerful, familiar visual language established by Hollywood films.
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