Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #183956 in Books
• Published on: 1997-03-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 156 pages

Synopsis
Tufte's (statistical evidence and information design, Yale U.) third book on displaying information that began with the now classic The Visual Display of Quantitative Information (1983). Whereas the first considered the display of numbers and the second of nouns, this explores the representation of

Customer Reviews

Inspiring, thought provoking and beautiful.
This is a inspiring and beautiful book which opened up new horizons for me,sharpened my thinking and presentation and made me see information in a completely different light. A book where art and science meet. If only I had been taught by Professor Tufte!

Another beautiful blockbuster from Tufte
This is another book that beautifully conveys some powerful advice. I found the detailed case studies of an epidemic in old London, and the Challenger disaster were particularly persuasive and useful.

Applied to management information, these arguments make the point that presentation of information can make the difference between worthless reports and illuminating reports.

Since some information systems are very costly to implement, it makes sense to ensure the final presentation justifies the investment, instead of wasting it!

Good examples nicely embedded in the text
Very good illustrations, comfortable colours, fonts, layout and well-designed book in itself. It was very entertaining as well as providing useful ideas on graphic design. It is a great pleasure to read a book like this.