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 55
Explanations of magic involve pictorial instructions demonstrating a sequence of
performance, a step-by-step description of conjuring activities.2 To document and
explain a process, to make verbs visible, is at the heart of information design.
Explanations of magic involve pictorial instructions demonstrating a sequence of
performance, a step-by-step description of conjuring activities.2 To document and
explain a process, to make verbs visible, is at the heart of information design.
Page 63
Although the still flatland of two-dimensional paper works reasonably well for
explaining the step- by-step mechanics of a trick, paper is hopeless for revealing
the swift dexterity of motion that makes for convincing illusions presented to an ...
Although the still flatland of two-dimensional paper works reasonably well for
explaining the step- by-step mechanics of a trick, paper is hopeless for revealing
the swift dexterity of motion that makes for convincing illusions presented to an ...
Page 68
To explain complex ideas or data, use the method of PGP: Particular General
Particular For example, to help your audience understand a multivariate table of
data, briefly introduce the table and point to a particular number and say what it ...
To explain complex ideas or data, use the method of PGP: Particular General
Particular For example, to help your audience understand a multivariate table of
data, briefly introduce the table and point to a particular number and say what it ...
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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 |
| Author | Edward R. 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 | 15 Jul 2008 |
| Length | 156 pages |
| Subjects | › Mathematics / Graphic Methods Social Science / Research |
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