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Review: Visual Explanations

User Review  - Manolo Frias - Goodreads

I 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 - Goodreads

it's not an easy read but it's definitely a must-read! Read full review

Review: Visual Explanations

User Review  - Liz - Goodreads

I like this other books better, they had more statistical graphs in them! But this is still a great book on design! Read full review

Review: Visual Explanations

User Review  - Libby - Goodreads

gotta love the illustrations Read full review

Review: Visual Explanations

User Review  - Bob - Goodreads

Putting 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 - Goodreads

Most 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 - Goodreads

My 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

Review: Visual Explanations

User Review  - Scott - Goodreads

I 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 - Goodreads

Re-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 - Goodreads

Impressive, but somehow less than the sum of its parts. Read full review


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