Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative [Signed by Tufte]

Edward R Tufte

ISBN 10: 0961392126 / ISBN 13: 9780961392123

Published by Graphics Press, Cheshire CT, 2002

About this Item

9 x 11 inches. 156 pages. Signed by Tufte on Title page. Condition of the book is Near Fine, looks new on all points. Dust jacket is Very Good+, very light surface wear. STK.

Seller Inventory # 54563

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative [Signed by Tufte]
• Publisher: Graphics Press, Cheshire CT
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0961392126
• ISBN 13: 9780961392123
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Fifth printing, with revisions.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: very good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art

About this title

Synopsis

Describes design strategies - the proper arrangement in space and time of images, words, and numbers - for presenting information about motion, process, mechanism, cause, and effect. Examines the logic of depicting quantitative evidence.

Reviews

Tufte is the master of visualization. You can immediately add this new work alongside his previous gems, Visual Display of Quantitative Information (1983) and Envisioning Information (1990, both from Graphics). Tufte's discussions take place in a world where specific software and certain parameters of the web don't exist?we all know such limitations are always changing anyway. His historical perspective allows Tufte to demonstrate simple, timeless guidelines that are independent of special stylesheets or the latest upgrade from Netscape. In this volume, Tufte illustrates not only traditional areas such as statistics, repetitions, and multiples but also magic and compositional allegories.
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