Visual Revelations: Graphical Tales of Fate and Deception from Napoleon Bonaparte to Ross Perot

Wainer, Howard

ISBN 10: 1461274869 / ISBN 13: 9781461274865

Published by Copernicus, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Visual Revelations: Graphical Tales of Fate and Deception from Napoleon Bonaparte to Ross Perot
• Publisher: Copernicus
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1461274869
• ISBN 13: 9781461274865
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This extraordinary book provides a journey through the jungle of good and bad graphical devices used to illustrate and obfuscate data. The diversity of examples is tremendous: ranging from Napoleon's retreat from Moscow to the O-rings on the space shuttle and from mortalities in hospitals to the schedules of buses. The author's aim is to illustrate how effectively a well-chosen graphic can reveal in an instant the essential truth behind some data whilst a poorly designed representation can conceal an awful truth. As well as providing numerous examples of both, the author includes plenty of helpful ideas to make us all better producers and consumers of graphics.

About the Author

Dr Howard Wainer is a Distinguished Research Scientist for the National Board of Medical Examiners and Adjunct Professor of Statistics at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.