InhaltsangabePreface. Introduction. 1 Toward a critical graphicacy. 2 The work of reading graphs. 3 Graphicacy and context. 4 Photographs in biology texts. 5 Graphicacy in lectures. 6 Interpretive graphicacy in practice. 7 The work of reading layered inscriptions. 8 Semiotics of chemical inscriptions. 9 Reading layered dynamic inscription. Epilogue: Steps toward a critical graphicacy. Notes. References. Index. About the authors.