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

Wainer, Howard

ISBN 10: 038794902X / ISBN 13: 9780387949024

Published by Copernicus (edition First Edition), 1997

About this Item

With dust jacket. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Seller Inventory # 038794902X-7-1-29

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Visual Revelations: Graphical Tales of Fate and Deception from Napoleon Bonaparte to Ross Perot
• Publisher: Copernicus (edition First Edition)
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 038794902X
• ISBN 13: 9780387949024
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fair
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

About this title

Synopsis

This extraordinary book provides a journey through the jungle of good and bad graphical devices used to illustrate and mystify data. The diversity of examples ranges from Napoleons retreat from Moscow to the O-rings on the space shuttle, and from mortalities in hospitals to bus schedules. The author illustrates how a well-chosen graphic can reveal in an instant the essential truth behind some data, whilst a poorly designed representation can be used to conceal the awful truth. As well as providing numerous examples of both, the author includes numerous suggestions 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.