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Books : The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 2nd edition |
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List Price: $40.00Amazon.com's Price: $28.80 You Save: $11.20 (28%)Prices subject to change.
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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
Sales Rank: 2319
Studio: Graphics Press
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
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.
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.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - 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. The 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, ... Read More
Rating: - 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).
Rating:  - 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 .
Rating: - Life Changing and Beautiful
It is rare that a supposedly technical book really changes a reader's life. I can say, though, that after reading Tufte's books, my life is not the same. The complaints of the detracting reviewers are baseless if you understand the nature of this book. This book is the groundworks of a theory of seeing, of communicating through images. It is by no means a new theory. Throughout human history man has communicated through history. But Tufte shows with unparalleled visual eloquence what makes one ... Read More
Rating: - Very nice book
Tufte's book is a very fine book on data graphics.
Although this book gives a lot of simple advice on how to effectively communicate quantitative information, it is not just a recipe-like book, as it also makes you think about a data graphic as something that is telling a story with numbers.
Beware that not all advice given is easily applied using common office suites. This is by no means a problem with the book, it is just that the text is not at all software-oriented. In fact, ... Read More
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