Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative

by Edward R. Tufte (Author)

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Describes design strategies - the proper arrangement in space and time of images, words, and numbers - for presenting information about motion, process, mechanism, cause, and effect. Examines the logic of depicting quantitative evidence.

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With Visual Explanations, Edward R. Tufte adds a third volume to his indispensable series on information display. The first, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, which focuses on charts and graphs that display numerical information, virtually defined the field. The second, Envisioning Information, explores similar territory but with an emphasis on maps and cartography. Visual Explanations centers on dynamic data--information that changes over time. (Tufte has described the three books as being about, respectively, "pictures of numbers, pictures of nouns, and pictures of verbs.")

Like its predecessors, Visual Explanations is both intellectually stimulating and beautiful to behold. Tufte, a self-publisher, takes extraordinary pains with design and production. The book ranges through a variety of topics, including the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger (which could have been prevented, Tufte argues, by better information display on the part of the rocket's engineers), magic tricks, a cholera epidemic in 19th-century London, and the principle of using "the smallest effective difference" to display distinctions in data. Throughout, Tufte presents ideas with crystalline clarity and illustrates them in exquisitely rendered samples.

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Tufte is the master of visualization. You can immediately add this new work alongside his previous gems, Visual Display of Quantitative Information (1983) and Envisioning Information (1990, both from Graphics). Tufte's discussions take place in a world where specific software and certain parameters of the web don't exist?we all know such limitations are always changing anyway. His historical perspective allows Tufte to demonstrate simple, timeless guidelines that are independent of special stylesheets or the latest upgrade from Netscape. In this volume, Tufte illustrates not only traditional areas such as statistics, repetitions, and multiples but also magic and compositional allegories.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Hardcover: 156 pages
Publisher: Graphics Press (February 1997)
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Every software engineer/teacher/illustrator/editor needs it

ByA customeron April 10, 1997

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Oh, lovely! For those who know Tufte's earlier books, all I need to say is "he's written another."

It looks like he publishes one every seven years ("The Visual Display of Quantitative Information" in 1983, "Envisioning Information" in 1990) so I
think I'm going to budget $0.02 per day
and get them all.

Perhaps the most significant chapter is
his analysis of how bad graphic presentation contributed to the loss of the space shuttle "Challenger." Basically, he believes that data were available which could and should have led to a decision to cancel the launch, but that the engineers failed to communicate it to the decision-makers. And he shows exactly how and why they failed.

Left brain? right brain? Tufte shows us visual elegance in the service of quantitative thinking.

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Classic book in the visualization field.

ByDavid Heiselon February 4, 2017

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A classic book in the visualization field. Nice to get a good deal on a used copy from Amazon.

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ByJOSE FERREIRA PINTOon September 26, 2013

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Useful for anyone who does public presentation and have to work on displays for people to easily grasp complex ideas into simple and understanble info for discussion or decision making. A must buy for marketers and sales people.

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Best resource.

ByElaine Caldwellon October 26, 2016

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Good price for a book in great condition.

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Critical Breath of Fresh Air

ByLuke M Jenningson December 23, 2013

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In the age of death by powerpoint, Tufte systematically decomposes and provides method to graphically representing complex systems. By far the most interesting book in my collection.

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Five Stars

ByTom Lawlesson November 9, 2016

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Great book

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No to unnecessary headlines

ByRichard Lucason December 3, 2013

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Finally, something that makes sense in this field.
Apparently my succinct message is not enough: Edward Tufte would be appalled.

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Five Stars

ByAllison L. Richardson January 11, 2016

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Beautiful book with creative illustrations.

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Published 4 months ago by Daniel R Yarmoluk

What was this Supposed to be About?

When I finished, I wondered, "What was this book supposed to be about?". It seemed very disjointed and was nowhere near as good as Tufte's other book, "The Visual...Read more

Published 1 year ago by Frontier Accountant

Tufte is the first to shine a bright light on the dark and dusty area of visualizing data in an engaging manner.

Tufte owns this field because he earned it. Pissed off at all the dry and boring expressions of data, Tufte wages a one-man war against snoozing in front of numbers.Read more

Published 1 year ago by R. S. Lloyd

Three Stars

The cover was ripped and mangled. I was expecting light wear and tare.

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Good examples, Shallow Analysis

Meh. It's on of the established works in the field, and has established something of a canonical set of examples, but I found it rather lacking in positive analysis.Read more

Published 1 year ago by Michael

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a gift for my bioinformatics major...just what he wanted...

Published 1 year ago by M. murdock

Five Stars

Looks like a brand new book!

Published 1 year ago by LihanZhu

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I ordered this book for my office/and team

Published on August 11, 2015 by Elizabeth M.

Visualization Nirvana

Bought based on my boss's recommendation to expand my knowledgebase in creating compelling visuals. Realized Edward Tufte is the Guru I have been looking for!Read more

Published on May 26, 2015 by Gaj Aiyer

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