Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and NarrativeVisual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative is about pictures of verbs, the representation of mechanism and motion, process and dynamics, causes and effects, explanation and narrative. Practical applications and examples include statistical graphics, charts for making important decisions in engineering and medicine, technical manuals, diagrams, design of computer interfaces and websites and on-line manuals, animations and scientific visualizations, techniques for talks, and design strategies for enhancing the rate of information transfer in print, presentations, and computer screens. The use of visual evidence in deciding to launch the space shuttle Challenger is discussed in careful detail. Video snapshots show redesigns of a supercomputer animation of a thunderstorm. The book is designed and printed to the highest standards, with luscious color throughout and four built-in flaps for showing motion and before/after effects. |
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Page 61
In a later work , above right , the same artist - author - magician effectively
portrayed motion by combining multiple , blurred , overlapping images and lines
tracking movements , a device often used in comics . Ghosting of multiple images
, like ...
In a later work , above right , the same artist - author - magician effectively
portrayed motion by combining multiple , blurred , overlapping images and lines
tracking movements , a device often used in comics . Ghosting of multiple images
, like ...
Page 105
Multiple images reveal repetition and change , pattern and surprisethe defining
elements in the idea of information . Multiples directly depict comparisons , the
essence of statistical thinking . Multiples enhance the dimensionality of the
flatlands ...
Multiple images reveal repetition and change , pattern and surprisethe defining
elements in the idea of information . Multiples directly depict comparisons , the
essence of statistical thinking . Multiples enhance the dimensionality of the
flatlands ...
Page 106
Multiple images are used throughout to reveal new findings , narrate movements
of the planet and its satellites , and catalog previous research . Below , a double -
page spread shows a sharp , clear view of the rings of Saturn — the first such ...
Multiple images are used throughout to reveal new findings , narrate movements
of the planet and its satellites , and catalog previous research . Below , a double -
page spread shows a sharp , clear view of the rings of Saturn — the first such ...
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User Review - KirkLowery - LibraryThingAn eye-opening read. As a linguistic who deals with databases, this book dramatically improved my writing and design of graphics for publication. Read full review
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User Review - jasonli - LibraryThingIn "Visual Explanations," Tufte walks us through various case studies of visual explanations (charts, graphs, graphics, diagrams and maps). Some of the case studies are about great works, while others ... Read full review
Contents
Images and Quantities | 13 |
Displays of Evidence for Making Decisions | 27 |
Pictorial Instructions and Disinformation Design | 55 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative |
| Authors | Edward R. Tufte, Tufte |
| Illustrated by | Bonnie Scranton, Dmitry Krasny, Weilin Wu |
| Contributor | Kerr White Health Care Collection |
| Edition | 4, illustrated, reprint, revised |
| Publisher | Graphics Press, 1997 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 6 Jan 2011 |
| ISBN | 0961392126, 9780961392123 |
| Length | 156 pages |
| Subjects | › Mathematics / Graphic Methods Social Science / Research |
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