Visual explanations : images and quantities, evidence and narrative / Edward R. Tufte.

Author
Tufte, Edward R., 1942- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Cheshire, Conn. : Graphics Press, ©1997.
Description
156 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 28 cm

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    Summary note
    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.
    Bibliographic references
    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.
    Other format(s)
    Also issued online.
    ISBN
    • 0961392126
    • 9780961392123
    • 9781930824157 ((pbk.))
    • 1930824157 ((pbk.))
    LCCN
    97127584
    OCLC
    36234417
    International Article Number
    • 9780961392123
    RCP
    N - O
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