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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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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.
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For more than 15 years, Edward R. Tufte has been on a crusade to educate people who want to explain the world visually to others ... In his new volume, Tufte, who teaches information design at Yale, is once again full of compelling and amusing examples, intelligently collected and attractively displayed ... The printing once again is lavish and beautiful, and the book is alive with instructive visual fun... --The New York Times Book Review, Richard J. Meislin

This third Tufte book on the display of information is not for novices: it provides pictures of verbs, cause and effect, and other dynamic patterns of information display, exploring how visual evidence influences computer interfaces, design strategies, and how information is transferred and represented. This should hold appeal beyond the arts, into the scientific and computer realms. --Midwest Book Review

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Graphics Press (January 14, 1997)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 156 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0961392126
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0961392123
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.3 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 11 x 9 x 1 inches

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Statistician/visualizer/artist Edward Tufte is Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Statistics, and Computer Science at Yale University. He wrote, designed, and self-published 5 classic books on data visualization.

The New York Times described Tufte as the "Leonardo da Vinci of data," and Bloomberg as the "Galileo of graphics."

Having completed his book Seeing With Fresh Eyes: Meaning, Space, Data, Truth, ET is now constructing a 234-acre tree farm and sculpture park in northwest Connecticut, which will show his artworks and remain open space in perpetuity.

He founded Graphics Press, ET Modern Gallery/Studio, and Hogpen Hill Farms.

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Ryan

Great for Engineers

Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2013

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My fiance wanted this as a present, she's an engineer.

While engineers may be great at making great results, presenting the information is still a challenge (especially to customers and management).

She really likes this book. It provides a great guide on how to present information so that other engineers and the 'layman' can understand it. Data presentation can be quite a problem for engineers, and this book does a fantastic job at providing methods and means for producing useful and meaningful visual representations of findings.

I'm not an engineer 'per se,' but I'm a degreed Mathematician. I flipped through the book, and it seems as though the book does a very good job at helping us that may be poor at presenting our technical ideas in a way such that it is easily comprehensible to others - in particular others that are not mathematicians or engineers.

This aside, the limited reading I did was pretty easy, and his ideas and points were easy to comprehend and well articulated.

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JamesDaedalus

What a gem - but not your first design book

Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2007

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Tufte's series on visualization will surely go down as classics. He's readable, he's right, and he's engaging.

The only thing is, as pretty and as well-founded the book is in certain principles, it's my opinion that... that the average reader doesn't understand design problems enough that this book will present anything new.

Meaning, the book is so intuitive, that, it seems pointless anyone would ever have to write a beautiful book like this -- *UNLESS* you have been stymied over and over again by mudglobs of creative ad hoc-kery and ad-hoc functionality, or, if you have been victimized by the unfunctional sheen of superglossy animated 3-d search engines (data visualizations, etc).

Here's maybe the test -- if the price tag of this book seems excessive, you haven't been slogging through enough terrible textbooks to see what a light and airy gem of fresh... >sigh< air this book is.

Otherwise - buy the Tufte series all at once, and see if you can't save bucks on the group discount.

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Charles Underwood

Buy all of his books, not just this one

Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2014

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Tufte's books are not books, they are masterpieces, collector's items.
He has received so many accolades that one more won't add to his credibility.
These are among the most significant non-fiction books (there are a half dozen in an informal series) ever written, and an absolute must for anyone even marginally involved in producing information graphics.
*** And by the way, if you ever get the chance to see Tufte in person, do not miss it.
I've seen him twice, maybe $500 a pop. Worth every penny.
The man is a genius who is the primary influence in defining an industry.
Needless to say, the books are each graphically exquisite.

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Glenn E. White

Not all Tufte Books are created equal

Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2014

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Depending on your training and experience, Professor Tufte's books will be more or less useful. In all, I find he has a penchant for overstatement. But in his statements of what should be the obvious he can be inspiring, if not always revelatory. I bought the trilogy, as this would seem de rigeuer. But honestly, "Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative" captured that essentials of his contribution I felt. In lieu of "Envisioning Information," I'd say buy the Yaschen edition of Oliver Byrne's "The Elements of Euclid" or simply read what's been said of it over the years. And the purchase of Tufte's poster of Napoleon's march should all but obviate need for "The Visual Display of Quantitative Information" If you don't get it with the poster, the book is unlikely to do much to help,,.

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Dr. Nancy L. Nicholson

If you can afford only one graphics book, it should be this one!

Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2018

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This, and all its companion volumes is the platinum standard for graphics. It is simultaneously an homage to those who have gone before Tufte, with elegant production values. As such, it’s a brilliant history of ideas. It also shows how still images, combined with video frames, can convey information of a dynamic process. Dont sit down at your computer without it in easy reach.

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Peggy

A visual treat! Very informative!

Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2018

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This is an amazing book! It's well thought-out and the concepts are clearly presented. It's a visual treat as well as being extremely informative. This is one of my favorite books! Please mark if you find my review helpful. Thank you so much!

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BH

A must have

Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2009

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Since information is perhaps our new raw material, understanding how to read it, analyze it and display it are crucial skills for designer citizens. Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative is one in a series of books by Edward Tufte that advances a theory of visual communication based on substance, precision, logic and truthfulness. Studying the material will change how you think about graphic design and about data.

I am a graduate student in visual communication and I am grateful to Mr. Tufte for so beautifully documenting his research.

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Michael

Good examples, Shallow Analysis

Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2015

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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. Don't expect to 'learn' the theory from this book in any fundamental sense.

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Rich J Wilson

Still relevant in the digital age

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 20, 2014

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I have to confess to being a huge fan of Tufte though i came late to the party.
This book explores the methods and values of excellence in presenting information on change: how you represent movement, actions and ideas in a way that enlightens, informs and educates.
The book has excellent production values (what else did you expect) and is a a delight to explore. Tufte explains concepts and ideas in an engaging manner, pulling examples from hundreds of years of human history, from Hobbs "Leviathan", to abstract art of the 20th century. Amongst the pages are gems of insight from random places: be it descriptions fo magic tricks to descriptions of fish for those underwater! Brilliant.
It's interesting to read and reflect on how this is still relevant in a digital age where images can be distorted, manipulated or created on a whim. Even more than ever, the integrity of data and information has to meet these standards to be credible and effective. Powerpoint slaves, take note!

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Der mächtige Thor

Das Beste zu diesem Thema.

Reviewed in Germany on January 3, 2013

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Die Werke von Tufte haben Bibel-Status zu diesem Thema. Sie sind erschwinglich (v.a. wenn gebraucht gekauft) und einfach wunderschön gemacht.

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Christian Nielsen

I would recommend all three books!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 13, 2013

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Very good book for anyone who does presentations and reports in their work.
Since it's the third book of Edward Tufte I can greatly recommend the previous 2 as well.

To keep in mind, especialy with the previous books, is that Tufte has a large focus on the use of graphs and visualisations as to help with analysis and give a technically good representation of your information and data.

If your looking to know more about how to sell or pitch with your presentations you might want to look for something else as a complement.

Cheers
/Christian

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michele

Displaying images

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 28, 2016

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Informative review of easy and useful data display.

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Adrian

To me it was a waste of money

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 18, 2018

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Maybe others would see a good use of it, to me it was nothing I was expecting it to be.

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