The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 2nd edition
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Manufacturer: Graphics Press
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 001.4226
EAN: 9780961392147
ISBN: 0961392142
Label: Graphics Press
Manufacturer: Graphics Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 197
Publication Date: 2001-05
Publisher: Graphics Press
Studio: Graphics Press
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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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Summary: The Landmark Book on Conveying Information Graphically
Comment: I own all of Edward Tufte's books, and regularly order his booklets for my MBA students. The reason is simple: to make good decisions, and to help others make good decisions, one must convey data as information and not simply as numbers, words, or even pictures. Business periodicals regularly violate the admonitions we learned in our introductory statistics courses, including failing to use zero as the bottom of any scale (these periodicals don't use zero in order to exaggerate changes). The reason that intelligent people convey data inappropriately is either to deliberately distort it, or because they've failed to read Tufte's books.
Once you've purchased this first book by Tufte, you will never look at charts or other graphical displays without a jaundiced eye. You will also will begin to be more honest in how you convey information to others. You will make better decisions, and you will raise the standard for other communicators and decision makers. Life and death decisions do get made on the basis of data, and not just in the sciences and medicine. Buy this book and you will have a very tough time putting it down.
Aneil Mishra
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Summary: BUY THIS
Comment: This is Tufte's best book in my opinion, maybe because this was his first book I bought. I use this book weekly. I learned many good lessons from Tufte.
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Summary: An inspirational experience
Comment: Everybody should read a book like "The Visual Display of Quantitative Information" and I do not mean the professionals in the field but really everybody. Tufte really opens your mind and makes you aware of the possibly malevolent or just misleading representations of data we are faced with every day on magazines, newspapers, TV and the web.
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Summary: Excellent book
Comment: The book came in wrapped as it was described. Highly recommend for excellent amazon seller.
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Summary: masterfully produced
Comment: This was the first of three books written by Tufte on graphical displays. This book has been heralded by famous statisticians and average readers as an eloquent description of the how to and how not to make graphs. Now in its sixteenth printing, this is still a classic and the pictures tell the story along with the prose.
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