中文简介：

自然科学爱好者、图形专业人士以及任何对数据的视觉表达感兴趣的人都会被这本向德国信息图表先驱Fritz Kahn致敬的书所吸引。他揭开了复杂的科学概念的神秘面纱，他的创造性概念影响了几代艺术家和设计师，直到今天。

剖析思想

一位信息学先驱的毕生事业

Fritz Kahn（1888-1968年）是一位德国医生、教育家、流行科学作家和信息图形先驱。当年他被纳粹人赶出德国，并被禁止和烧毁他的书籍，随后Kahn移民到巴勒斯坦，然后是法国，最后在美国过完他的一生。

在这个新版本中，TASCHEN歌颂了这位特别擅长将复杂的科学思想可视化的创造性天才。在“工业领域的巨人”这样的作品中，我们看到Kahn如何部署生动的视觉隐喻来揭示科学，以及他的概念到至今为止如何影响几代科学插画家、视觉传播专家和图形艺术家。

这本书包含超过350幅插图，并有大量的醒目标题，Fritz Kahn本人写的三篇文章，Steven Heller的前言，以及关于Kahn的生活和作品的文章。

作者

Uta von Debschitz和Thilo von Debschitz这对兄妹已经合作完成了多个项目。他们的**本书《Frank Kunert：Topsy-Turvy World》（Hatje Cantz Verlag出版）获得了2009年德国摄影书奖，同年他们还出版了关于Fritz Kahn的**本书。Uta von Debschitz在2002年之前一直是一名建筑师，后来她成为一名记者，专注于文化和健康。2010年，她在柏林医学史博物馆策划了Fritz Kahn的视觉作品展，目前正在柏林艺术大学攻读关于Kahn视觉作品的博士学位。Thilo von Debschitz在完成传播设计研究后，曾在国际广告和设计公司担任设计师和艺术总监。1997年，他在威斯巴登创立了创意公司Q，该公司的平面和网络媒体项目获得了许多奖项。

Fritz Kahn：信息图形先锋

Uta von Debschitz、Thilo von Debschitz

精装，19.6 x 25.5厘米，1.46公斤，400页

ISBN 978-3-8365-9007-5

语言版本：英语、法语、德语

英文简介：

Natural science buffs, graphics professionals, and anyone interested in the visual expression of data will be fascinated by this tribute to Fritz Kahn, the German infographics pioneer. He demystified complex scientific ideas and his creative concepts have influenced generations of artists and designers through to today.

Anatomy of ideas

The life's work of an infographics pioneer

Fritz Kahn (1888–1968) was a German doctor, educator, popular science writer, and information graphics pioneer. Chased out of Germany by the Nazis, who banned and burned his books, Kahn emigrated to Palestine, then France, and finally the United States to continue his life's work.

In this new edition, TASCHEN celebrates Kahn as a creative genius, particularly adept at the visualization of complex scientific ideas. In such works as Man as Industrial Palace, we see how Kahn deployed vivid visual metaphors to demystify science and how his concepts have influenced generations of scientific illustrators, visual communications specialists, and infographic artists through to today.

The book features more than 350 illustrations with extensive captions, three original texts by Fritz Kahn himself, a foreword by Steven Heller, and an essay about Kahn's life and oeuvre.

The author

Brother and sister Uta and Thilo von Debschitz have collaborated on several picture/text projects. They were awarded the 2009 German Photo Book Award for their first book, Frank Kunert. Topsy-Turvy World (Hatje Cantz Verlag) and in the same year they published their first book on Fritz Kahn. Uta von Debschitz was an architect until 2002, when she became a journalist focusing on culture and health. In 2010, she curated the exhibition of Fritz Kahn's visual work at the Berlin Museum of Medical History and is currently doing a doctorate on Kahn's visualizations at Berlin University of the Arts. Thilo von Debschitz worked as a designer and art director in international advertising and design agencies after completing his communication design studies. In 1997, he founded the creative agency Q in Wiesbaden, which has won many awards for its print and online media projects.

Fritz Kahn. Infographics Pioneer

Uta and Thilo von Debschitz

Hardcover, 19.6 x 25.5 cm, 1.46 kg, 400 pages

ISBN 978-3-8365-9007-5

Multilingual Edition: English, French, German