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.
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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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Masterpiece of graphic design proves timeless and universal I returned to Tufte's first classic book of graphic design principles over 20 years after first discovering it. At the time, I was the corporate librarian for a major electric utility, and the explosion in the organization and creation of information by individuals with new personal-computer hardware and software was just beginning (I had an IBM PC-XT with 640Kb of RAM and two 360k floppies--no hard drive). Now, I wondered, aside from the masterpiece of graphic design that "Visual Display" of course... more info
Easy and fun to read I was able to read this fairly quickly. (stealing a few hours here and there at work). Although I did not find any direct solutions to my current problems - it definitely opened my imagination to consider new possibilities.
The Ups and Downs of Tufte's Book It definitely was interesting and educational to read and see Tufte's presentation on Visual Dispaly of Quantitative Information. He illustrates the good, the bad, and the ugly of graphic displays over the centuries. However, I was hoping to see more examples of current computer graphics that should be emulated in this edition instead of terse comments and skeletal constructs in this area.
Disappointing A picture is worth a thousand words, but Tufte would rather right it all down. It would be funny if it wasn't so sad. This is a somewhat interesting book for the catalogue of historical visual presentations, but has little to offer someone working today. The most amazing thing about this book is its incessant use of verbiage instead of visual display. If Tufte intended his book as irony, then bravo. If you're looking for actual help in visual display using the tools most of us have at our... more info
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