The Visual Display of Quantitative Information
Cheshire: Graphics Press. Hardcover. 197 pp. Later printing in shrink wrap of Tufte's classic work on data visualization. Lauded as one of the great books of the century, matching pithy text to exemplary illustration, and reproducing numerous early graphic representations of economic data by J.H. Lambert and William Playfair. Concerned with accuracy and integrity, Tufte spotlights both good and bad data representations, and discusses the virtues of editing and aesthetics in presentation of dense and complex data. Illustrated throughout with artwork by Niijima and cartography by Lawrence Fahey. Fine. Item #429250
Price: $75.00
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