Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative

Tufte, Edward R.

ISBN 10: 0961392126 / ISBN 13: 9780961392123

Published by Graphics Press, 1997

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Unmarked. Dust jacket under clear mylar cover has slight edge wear. Second printing (1997). Beautifully illustrated. 156p. 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. Examines the logic of depicting quantitative evidence. Lain in promotional materials. Seller Inventory # 32370

Bibliographic Details

Title: Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, ...

Publisher: Graphics Press

Publication Date: 1997

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: very good

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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 verbs, mechanisms and motion, process and dynamics. This example is in very good condition, complete with dust jacket.

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