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Summary: delightful, inspirational...
Review: sheer delight for a detail-monger. inspiration for a researchaholic.
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Summary: invaluable, every scientist, hell every american should read
Review: the examples are incredible. this book is one of the most beautiful books I have ever read both for its content and execution. The advice Tufte gives with regard to the presentation of information will only become more important in the future. Whether reading the newspaper or writing a technical report, the proper display of quantitative information is an invaluable skill. this book helps you to think clearly and concisely. one of the best books of all time.
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Summary: Don't buy until you SEE it! You will be disappointed.
Review: This book appeared fascinating to me. The book reviews appeared fascinating to me. But when I actually saw all of the pages inside I was really disappointed. Don't buy this one until you see it - you just may be disappointed too.
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Summary: Don't buy until you SEE it! You will be disappointed.
Review: This book appeared fascinating to me. The book reviews appeared fascinating to me. But when I actually saw all of the pages inside I was really disappointed. Don't buy this one until you see it - you just may be disappointed too.
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Summary: Another Tufte Classic
Review: This book continues Edward Tufte's tradition of writing and designing some of the best books out on information design and data visualization. A very worthwhile investment!
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Summary: buy this in a heartbeat
Review: This book makes me feel that there is a way of overcoming the barrier of expressing what you *WANT* to get across. Absolutely beautiful.
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Summary: Superbly presented. Experience the magic of Tuft!
Review: This masterpiece contains explanations of "magic" and illusions, displays of scientific charts, graphs, and maps as well as analysis of photographs and historical drawings. Tuft illustrates the need to present information in alternate formats taking in to account a variety of contexts and perspectives in which it will be consumed. Numerous examples, illustrations and descriptions are included which detail the importance and methods used to encode information in a pictorial medium, enabling an audience to identify critical relevant details of that which is depicted, including relative size, amount, scale, and time, whichever may be appropriate for a given subject. An interesting and well documented commentary is presented about the Space Shuttle tragedy, which illustrates just how important information design can be, and the dramatic effects, which may result down the line if not proper consideration is not given to such a basic issue.The methods and subjects covered are applicable to a variety of media, and subject matter including, marketing and promotional materials, web design and information presentation, the presentation of scientific data, and general photography. No matter what your occupation or ambition, if it involves conveying information in a graphical format, this book will provide insight and examples that will help you get your point across more effectively, and enhance the end user experience.
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Summary: Pictures Of Verbs
Review: Tufte has added one more to a series of fun, beautiful and challenging books.
This book is an example of just how enjoyable information can be.
David Gravelle, Technical Writer at http://www.usr.com/intransit
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Summary: Amazing
Review: Tufte is THE authority on information design. He publishes all of his books himself and spares no expense to deliver the content the way it should be presented. Truly practicing what he preaches. The section where Tufte evaluates the presentation that determined weather or not the space shuttle Challenger launched the day it crashed is worth the book alone. Truly brilliant!
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Summary: everything important about Web design in four pages
Review: Tufte manages to get everything important about Web design onto pages 146 through 149 of this book: let the information become the interface, use text rather than icons, don't let the Web site mimic the bureaucratic structure of the publisher. The most remarkable thing is that he wasn't even writing about the Web!
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