The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 2nd edition
A modern classic. Tufte teaches the fundamentals of graphics, charts, maps and tables. "A visual Strunk and White" (The Boston Globe). Includes 250 delightfullly entertaining illustrations, all beautifully printed.Product Details
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com Review
A timeless classic in how complex information should be presented graphically. The Strunk & White of visual design. Should occupy a place of honor--within arm's reach--of everyone attempting to understand or depict numerical data graphically. The design of the book is an exemplar of the principles it espouses: elegant typography and layout, and seamless integration of lucid text and perfectly chosen graphical examples. Very Highly Recommended.
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A tour de force. -- John Tukey, Bell Laboratories and Princeton University
One of the best books you will ever see. -- Datamation
The century's best book on statistical graphics. -- Computing Reviews
Customer Reviews
Read This Tufte First
I have attended one of the author's talks (easy to find on the web), and have all four books. One criticism of Tufte is that it is not obvious how to go about doing many of the graphics in his books. They are carefully crafted by individuals with great skill and expensive software. The fourth book, Beautiful Evidence, might leaving you scratching you head as to how to use the information in preparation for your next business presentation. He deserves his reputation, however. The books are beautiful, and his ideas have great merit. If you want an introduction to Tufte that gives you a chance of putting the advice into practice at work, you must read this one first. To go for the most recent, would be a mistake for most readers. If you become a convert, the other three are also excellent, but offer less practical application for the everyday business person. (For instance, I am a statistician and data miner, not a graphic designer).
The second book is Envisioning Information, and the third is The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 2nd edition. Beware the inexpensive paperbacks - they are excepts from the hardcovers. Good content, but potentially redundant.
Although it is not a book for everyone, there is a very interesting discussion (albeit short) of Minard's Napoleon's march chart (made famous by Tufte) in The Grammar of Graphics (Statistics and Computing).
Interesting and enjoyable
Stimulates the visualisation of information with illustrations on every page and easy to read text. Provides many helpful ideas, as well as some `do and don't's. Some overlap with the other book (The Visual Display of Quantitative Information / Envisioning Information).
Great !
This book is great. It has a lot of useful insights. However I was expecting something more practical... Maybe it's not a guide but a book with some nice historical data and references. Superb graphs and pictures.
Yes I would recommend you to buy it .
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