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The Best American Infographics 2014 (The Best American Series ®) Paperback – October 14, 2014

by Gareth Cook (Editor), Nate Silver (Introduction)

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Year two of this fresh, timely, beautiful addition to the Best American series, introduced by Nate Silver

The rise of infographics across virtually all print and electronic media reveals patterns in our lives and worlds in fresh and surprising ways. As we find ourselves in the era of big data, where information moves faster than ever, infographics provide us with quick, often influential bursts of art and knowledge — to digest, tweet, share, go viral. Best American Infographics 2014 captures the finest examples, from the past year, of this mesmerizing new way of seeing and understanding our world. Guest introducer Nate Silver brings his unparalleled expertise and lively analysis to this visually compelling new volume.

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Mariner Books
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October 14, 2014
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8.75 x 0.75 x 11.75 inches
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“Not only is it a thing of beauty, it’s also a good read, with thoughtful explanations of each winning graphic."
—Nature

“You’ll come away with more than your share of…mind-bending moments – and a wide ranging view of what infographics can do.”
—Harvard Business Review

"Represents the full spectrum of the genre – from authoritative to playful.”
—Scientific American

"A stunning collection. . . . I learned something new from each entry." —Kelly Krause, Nature

“Infographics have this wonderful ability to inspire people to act and get involved.”
—Karl De Torres

“Information, in its raw form, can overwhelm us. Finding the visual form of data can simplify this deluge into pearls of understand.”
—Kim Rees

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The rise of infographics across virtually all print and electronic media from a striking breakdown of classic cocktails to a graphic tracking 200 influential moments that changed the world to visually arresting depictions of Twitter traffic reveals patterns in our lives and our world in fresh and surprising ways. In the era of big data, where information moves faster than ever, infographics provide us with quick, often influential bursts of art and knowledge on the environment, politics, social issues, health, sports, arts and culture, and more to digest, to tweet, to share, to go viral.

The Best American Infographics captures the finest examples from the past year, including the ten best interactive infographics, of this mesmerizing new way of seeing and understanding our world.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Mariner Books; 2014th edition (October 14, 2014)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 176 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0547974515
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0547974514
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.7 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.75 x 0.75 x 11.75 inches

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Gareth Cook is a Pulitzer Prize-winning magazine journalist, a contributor to NewYorker.com, and the editor of a forthcoming book series, The Best American Infographics. His work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, NewYorker.com, Wired, Scientific American, the Washington Monthly, the Boston Globe Ideas section and elsewhere. He is also editor of Scientific American’s Mind Matters neuroscience blog.

Gareth began his career in Washington, DC with writing and editing jobs at The Washington Monthly, Foreign Policy, and U.S. News & World Report. In 1996 he moved to Boston to become the news editor of The Boston Phoenix and then, in 1999, joined the Boston Globe. He was one of the founders of the Globe’s Sunday Ideas section and then served as its editor from 2007 to 2011. He was the Globe’s science reporter for seven years, and also worked as an editor on the city desk.

In 2005, he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for “explaining, with clarity and humanity, the complex scientific and ethical dimensions of stem cell research.” In 2005, he was also the winner of a National Academies Communications Award and the Wood’s Hole Ocean Science Journalism Award. His writing has appeared in Best American Science and Nature Writing 2008, The Human Face of Big Data, and A Field Guide for Science Writers.

Gareth graduated from Brown University with degrees in International Relations and Mathematical Physics. He lives in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts with his wife, Amanda, and their two boys.

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Bennett Brown

Beautiful

Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2014

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Wow. Better than Tufte's, Lima's, and Yao's books combined. Surely that can't be true, but it's how I feel at the moment. I am so glad this promises to be an annual. My favorite for 2014 shows the machines we've sent to space, their success, their national origin, their destination(s),... There are new ideas for how to visualize data in every graphic. Every pair of facing pages has a nice color print on an interesting topic with an innovative way of communicating rich, relevant information.

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Lorenz G Madarang

Three Words: "Justin Bieber Infographic"

Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2015

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If you are an infographic nerd like me, you have got to get this book. The infographics span many industries and sciences.

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Mohe

Excellent design inside, not so excellent without

Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2014

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This is a gorgeous full color book with well chosen infographics that highlight some very good (and some somewhat questionable) design choices. My only real complaint is that the perfect binding and thick glossy paper greatly obscures several graphics that make up multiple pages, particularly near the center of the book. Something that could be solved by offsetting them.

I received both a review copy of this through Amazon and a final edition. The review copy was in poorly printed black and white with thin paper, which was mostly unreadable, which will probably explain many poor reviews from reviewers who received such copies. Interestingly enough this version had none of the problems with obscured graphics because the thinner paper behaved quite differently. This is evidence of very sloppy book design on the publisher's part. Houghton Mifflin should be ashamed of themselves.

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Curtis C. Morgan

As good as Tufte, if not better

Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2014

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Every bit as good as a Tufte book. My only question pertains to the cover; the small type and poorly-contrasted colors make it unreadable! My guess is, it's an example of what 'not' to do. What is between the covers, however, is outstanding.

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Elisa French

Just like it says on the cover = truly the BEST ...

Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2014

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Just like it says on the cover = truly the BEST infographics all in one place.

Personally, about 40% of the topics didnt interest or resonate with me, however from a design perspective there was still alot to be inspired by

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KCQ

Interesting

Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2014

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Wonderful, interesting read. Inspires me in my work to be more concise and creative in sharing visual information.

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Lame old media collection of illustrations.

Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2015

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The authors concept of what an infographic is is rather lacking. For example, National Geographic illustrations are not infographics, they are art. I found the book to be a disappointment. The reviewer sticks to tired old media sources rather than branching out onto the web where the real creativity lies.

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Neha Dhuper

I highly recommend this book to anyone who's looking to take their ...

Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2015

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The book showed a large variety of different styles of info graphics and how they can be used for different applications and data presentation. I highly recommend this book to anyone who's looking to take their designs to the next level as well as guidance on how multiple forms of data can be represented.

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Action lover

Great value for small money

Reviewed in Germany on July 24, 2019

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After finding out about my fascination for E. Tuftes books on infographics I stumbled over this series and tried the 2014 edition - for it sold for under 6€ at the time, new. Wow, there is a lot to find inside the book, interesting facts and beautifully made graphics - partly on topics that never sprang to mind in this context. Solid thank you for this!

Otavio Venturoli Fh

Útil apesar de caro para ser uma edição periódica.

Reviewed in Brazil on June 25, 2015

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Gostei muito do mostruário e dos escolhidos, mas acho que podia ser de uma periodicidade maior (pois a linguagem é dinâmica e muda muito) e com custo menor. Talvez semestral.
Ótima fonte de referência.

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Jacopo F.

Molto bene!

Reviewed in Italy on October 6, 2015

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Esattamente ciò che avevo ordinato, il prodotto è arrivato con un giorno di anticipo e nonostante lo scorporo delle spedizioni (2 anzichè 1) dello stesso ordine non ho avuto alcun problema e sono arrivati entrambi lo stesso giorno... 5 stelle!

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An excellent set of examples of how graphics add to the ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 4, 2014

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An excellent set of examples of how graphics add to the understanding of knowledge and statistics. While there are some examples that will have more meaning for Americans, there are others which are of more general interest and quite startling. My favourite is the Underground Taste Map - a synaesthesia tour of London. Did you know that King's Cross/St. Pancras 'tastes' of fruit cake and dripping?

Amazon Customer

Infographics shown was fine, not as good as expected

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 21, 2017

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Infographics shown was fine, not as good as expected.
The book has serious scratch marks on the back cover when it was delivered to me.

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