Chapter 1 Visualizing Genetics for Public Readers.- Chapter 2 The Photographic Observational Record and Symbolic Excess.- Chapter 3 The Microscopic Miniscule Science and Art.- Chapter 4 The Illustrated Iconic Explanations and Figurative Metaphors.- Chapter 5 The Code Cracking the Genetic Code of Life.- Chapter 6 The Graph Navigating Big Data Science.- Chapter 7 The Structural 2D Realities and 3D Possibilities.- Chapter 8 Conclusion.
Han Yu is professor of scientific and technical communication at Kansas State University. Her research focuses on communicating science and technology to general readers.
Han's latest popular science book Mind Thief: The Story of Alzheimer's is a comprehensive and engaging history of Alzheimer’s that demystifies efforts to understand the disease.
Han's earlier works include The Other Kind of Funnies: Comics in Technical Communication ; Communicating Genetics: Visualizations and Representations ; Negotiating Cultural Encounters: Narrating Intercultural Engineering and Technical Communication ; and Scientific Communication: Practices, Theories, and Pedagogies .