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Visual explanations : images and quantities, evidence and narrative / Edward R. Tufte.
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Tufte, Edward R., 1942-
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English
Published/Created
Cheshire, Conn. : Graphics Press, ©1997.
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156 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 28 cm
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JSF 02-967
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Visual communication
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This book 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Images and quantities
Visual and statistical thinking: displays of evidence for making decisions
Explaining magic: pictorial instructions and disinformation design
Smallest effective difference
Parallelism: repetition and change, comparison and surprise
Multiples in space and time
Visual confections: juxtapositions from the ocean of the streams of story.
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0961392126
9780961392123
9781930824157 ((pbk.))
1930824157 ((pbk.))
LCCN
97127584
OCLC
36234417
International Article Number
9780961392123
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N - O
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Visual explanations : images and quantities, evidence and narrative / Edward R. Tufte.
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