"Atlas of the Invisible is full of mind-blowing maps that harness the power of data to tell us something about ourselves and our planet." -- Hannah Fry, Professor in the Mathematics of Cities and author of The Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything "Fantastica magical combo of art and graphic gut-punch." -- Dave Eggers "Page after page, graphic after graphic and text after text, Atlas of the Invisible erupts with a kind of rigorous wonder. Laying out patterns on everything from nomenclature to bike-sharing to unexploded ordnance, Cheshire and Uberti examine data sets you never even thought of in the interest of developing a portrait of the world as it is. The result is a strange and startling masterpiece." -- Matthew Specktor, author of American Dream Machine "A stone cold act of genius." -- Dan Snow, HistoryHit "Spectacular and truly Humboldtian." -- Andrea Wulf, author of The Invention of Nature "James Cheshire and Oliver Ubertis extraordinary new book, Atlas of the Invisible transforms our understanding of our human selves, other lives on earth, and the planet we share. Packed with revelatory insights, the book is a masterful example of the power of compelling visual storytelling to reveal from within the complexities of modern data chaos meaning and knowledge otherwise hidden from view." -- B. Natterson-Horowitz, MD, bestselling author of Zoobiquity "An absolute visual delight." -- Manuel Lima, author of The Book of Circles: Visualizing Spheres of Knowledge "If youre into #dataViz, you *need* to have this one Every page reveals a surprise." -- Alberto Cairo, Knight Chair in Visual Journalism at the University of Miami and author of How Charts Lie "Gorgeous Digging [ through] troves of data, [ Cheshire and Uberti] paint an essential portrait of Where Weve Been, Who We Are, & How Were Doing. Imagine Morpheus explaining The Matrix to youonly hes also a BRILLIANT graphic designer." -- Minh Lź, bestselling author of Lift, Drawn Together, on Twitter "Stunning." -- Valerie Trouet, author of Tree Story, on Twitter "An eye-opening visual look at the assumptions and trends that lie beneath how the modern world ticks.Demography and graphic design meet in an extraordinarily revealing book." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Atlas of the Invisible takes this literally, with design-heavy info-mapping of cellular connections in the Great Lakes, eviction rates, the ethnicity of immigrants living on South Halsted Street in 1895. A cartographers dream, and often revelatory." -- Christopher Borrelli - Chicago Tribune "[ T]his unique volume.is designed to inspire readers to act." -- Library Journal "An endlessly fascinating array of insight and analysis." -- Mark Reynolds - Traveller Magazine
