Review: Visual Explanations
User Review - Manolo Frias - GoodreadsI got inspired by "The Visual Display of Quantitative Information", Tufte's first book on information design. According to Tufte "Visual Explanations" is about "pictures of verbs", the representation of causes and effects. Read full review
Review: Visual Explanations
User Review - Gridd Consultancy - Goodreadsit's not an easy read but it's definitely a must-read! Read full review
Review: Visual Explanations
User Review - Liz - GoodreadsI like this other books better, they had more statistical graphs in them! But this is still a great book on design! Read full review
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User Review - Libby - Goodreadsgotta love the illustrations Read full review
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User Review - Bob - GoodreadsPutting an amazing amount of thought in such a short work, with a variety of interesting examples, the book provides a lot of advice on making one's own presentations, watching for weak points in ... Read full review
Review: Visual Explanations
User Review - Hao - GoodreadsMost interesting was his presentation of Challenger slides and John Snowe's epidemiological charts. Less quantitative / statistics than I would have liked - more so of a true graphic design book. Read full review
Review: Visual Explanations
User Review - Jim Brookhyser - GoodreadsMy favorite of Edward Tufte's books. Like the rest, this one is short on footnotes since most of the book is his opinion, but that makes sense given the lack of research on the topic of information ... Read full review
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User Review - Scott - GoodreadsI found this book more engaging and useful than "Envisioning Information." On par with "The Visual Display of Quantitative Information" but addresses the challenges of communicating multidimensional ... Read full review
Review: Visual Explanations
User Review - Dennis Willingham - GoodreadsRe-read after a few years, still a great book for anyone who has to present data in an understandable fashion. Read full review
Review: Visual Explanations
User Review - Dan - GoodreadsImpressive, but somehow less than the sum of its parts. Read full review