Robert E. Horn


Robert E. Horn is an American political scientist who taught at Harvard, Columbia, and Sheffield universities, and has been a visiting scholar at Stanford University's Center for the Study of Language and Information. He is known for the development of information mapping.

Overview

Bob Horn is perhaps best known for his development of information mapping, a method of information development called structured writing suited especially for technical communication.
His latest contributions to the presentation of information have been in the field of visual language. Horn has extended the use of visual language and visual analytics to develop methods—involving large, detailed infographics and argument map murals—for exploring and resolving wicked problems.

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