Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and NarrativeRiveting ideas on presenting better information design. Few would disagree: Life in the information age can be overwhelming. Through computers, the Internet, the media, and even our daily newspapers, we are awash in a seemingly endless stream of charts, maps, infographics, diagrams, and data. "Visual Explanations," the latest book by Edward R. Tufte, a Yale design professor, is a navigational guide through this turbulent sea of information. The book is an essential reference for anyone involved in graphic, Web, or multimedia design, as well as for educators and lecturers who use graphics in presentations or classes. |
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Page 120
the Water Genie told Haroun about the Ocean of the Streams of Story, and even
though he was full of a sense of hopelessness and failure the magic of the Ocean
began to have an effect on Haroun. He looked into the water and saw that it was
...
the Water Genie told Haroun about the Ocean of the Streams of Story, and even
though he was full of a sense of hopelessness and failure the magic of the Ocean
began to have an effect on Haroun. He looked into the water and saw that it was
...
Page 121
7 Visual Confections: Juxtapositions from the Ocean of the Streams of Story 121
Here, as time flows across the page from left to right, is a tiny part of the Ocean of
the Streams of Story, a handful of the thousand thousand thousand and one ...
7 Visual Confections: Juxtapositions from the Ocean of the Streams of Story 121
Here, as time flows across the page from left to right, is a tiny part of the Ocean of
the Streams of Story, a handful of the thousand thousand thousand and one ...
Page 145
Such a jumpy story — even if it went on for two minutes, an eternity in television
time— would cover less than one-third of the news shown here (which takes six
minutes to read aloud). Speech alone is sometimes an altogether inefficient, low-
...
Such a jumpy story — even if it went on for two minutes, an eternity in television
time— would cover less than one-third of the news shown here (which takes six
minutes to read aloud). Speech alone is sometimes an altogether inefficient, low-
...
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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
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative |
| Author | Edward R. Tufte |
| Edition | 4, illustrated, reprint, revised |
| Publisher | Graphics Press, 1997 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 3 Nov 2007 |
| Length | 156 pages |
| Subjects | › Mathematics / Graphic Methods Social Science / Research |
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