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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 302.23 EAN: 9780961392116 ISBN: 0961392118 Label: Graphics Press Manufacturer: Graphics Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 126 Publication Date: 1990-05 Publisher: Graphics Press Studio: Graphics Press Editorial Review: Amazon.com Review: A remarkable range of examples for the idea of visual thinking, with beautifully printed pages. A real treat for all who reason and learn by means of images. -- Rudolf Arnheim Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Portable affordable artTufte follows up his debut classic with an even more beautiful piece of graphic art disguised as a guide to ways to display three (and more) dimensions on a flat surface. While even more beautifully crafted than The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 2nd edition, it has less in the way of practical guidance. Tufte's principle here can be reduced to this far-reaching but not so simply-implemented statement: increase the resolution of "flatland" (paper or computer screen) ... Read More Rating:  - A very good resourceNutshell review - This is a beautiful resource on presenting information in a myriad of ways with many examples of good and bad design. Beautifully illustrated. Rating: - A Continually Rewarding GemEvery time I go back to this book I get something more out of it. Over the past 10 years I've been through my copy a couple of dozen times. If communicating information is important to you, you should take a look at this classic. Rating:  - It's a good bookThis is my 3rd favorite of Tufte's books after Visual Display and Visual Explanations, but it would be a good addition for any Tufte collection and still contains useful info. Rating: - An unveiling of visual designI admit. I do not have natural tendencies for developing web sites, color maps, charts, schedules, power points, diagrams or GUIs. Anything as such comes out in complete discord until I came across Edward Tufte's name in a seminar brochure. Edward Tufte scrutinizes design strategies all they way back in time from the Renaissance period into the 20th century. Initially I wondered, how on earth are these prestigious techniques presented in ancient times similarly applied today? They are ... Read More |
