- Robert E. Horn
Robert E. Horn is an American
political scientist , who taught at Harvard, Columbia, and Sheffield (U.K.) universities. Currently he is a visiting scholar atStanford University 's Center for the Study of Language and Information. He is known for the development ofInformation mapping .Overview
Bob Horn is perhaps best his development of
Information mapping , a method ofinformation development calledstructured writing suited especially fortechnical communication . The Information Mapping method has been taught to over 300,000technical writer s around the world. [http://www.stanford.edu/%7erhorn/ Homepage] at Stanford.edu.]His special interests are in policy communication, social learning, and knowledge management. His latest contribution to the presentation of information is called "Visual Language". Horn has extended the use of
Visual language andVisual analytics to processes for resolvingWicked problem s.Publications
Books, a selection:
* 1970. "Guide to simulation games for education and training". With David W. Zuckerman.
* 1972. "Guide to Federal assistance for education".
* 1989. "Mapping hypertext : the analysis, organization, and display of knowledge for the next generation of on-line text and graphics".
* 1998. "Visual language : global communication for the 21st century".References
External links
* [http://www.stanford.edu/%7erhorn/ Homepage] at Stanford.edu.
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