HR1 - History of Relativity and Cosmology ( |
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Espinosa-Aldama, Mariana |
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Mapping Gravity with Hierarchical Networks |
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In order to map and clarify the field of gravitation and dozens of alternative theories to General Relativity developed during the past century, I propose several visualizations of networks that illustrate the complexity of theoretical relations, hierarchy of concepts, historical evolution and authorship relations. Conceptual lattices are data driven, visualized in D3 through a formal concept analysis. The interactive web display allows exploration of the network elements that contain information about the theories and their attributes. It also allows highlighting upper and lower connected nodes, serving as a tool for the study of physics. A tree type visualization, called The Gravity Apple Tree, available in PREZI, relates common terms, authors and publications in time series. Portraits of authors and links to more than 100 seminal articles are provided. Crucial experiments and observations, located in the time-line space, contrast with the theoretical branches. A citation network is also being explored. Visualizations will be available for the public to explore during MG15 |
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