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Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative
by Edward R. Tufte
from Graphics Press

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Great book
  First time I read the book I thought it is waste of money but after analyzing it further I believe that this is one of rarest book that is solely based on application rather then theory. I can relate day to day application with examples specified in book. this has also helped me to gain praises from my boss at work.
  P.S: This book is not a novel/story-bookyou need to spend some time thinking also.

• another great book by Tufte on graphs
  In this third book by Tufte on graphics, he provides great examples through history where good pictures conveyed important information to decision makers and bad graphics left uncetainty and indecision. A great success story is the identification of the source of the cholera epidemic in London in the 1850s. With regard to the Challenger Space Shuttle, Tufte suggests that one good picture may have convinced the NASA engineers of the need to avoid launching at low temperatures. Great pictures, great examples... more info

• Many good examples of illustrations
  Many excellent examples on conveying many types of quantitative data across a wide variety of subjects. The only problem is that, to create most of these, one must be a graphic artist. If one needs to convey highly technical quantitative information, especially to layman, this gives the reader a good idea/perspective of how to explain to graphic artists hired along what general lines an illustration should be made.

• What a gem - but not your first design book
  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... more info

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