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Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative Paperback – January 14, 1997

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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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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Graphics Press; First Edition (January 14, 1997)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 158 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1930824157
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1930824157
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.65 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 11 x 9 x 1 inches
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Edward R. Tufte

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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
5.0 out of 5 stars 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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Dr. Nancy L. Nicholson
5.0 out of 5 stars 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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JamesDaedalus
5.0 out of 5 stars 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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Glenn E. White
4.0 out of 5 stars 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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Peggy
5.0 out of 5 stars 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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Charles Underwood
5.0 out of 5 stars 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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Marta Vale Cardoso
5.0 out of 5 stars Nice book, adds knowledge
Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2018
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I bought this book at my husband’s request, he is very happy with it. Seems to be very complete and met the expectations
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Michael
3.0 out of 5 stars 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
5.0 out of 5 stars 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
5.0 out of 5 stars 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
4.0 out of 5 stars 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
4.0 out of 5 stars 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
2.0 out of 5 stars 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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