Beautiful evidence / Edward R. Tufte.
Science and art have in common intense seeing, the wide-eyed observing that generates empirical information. Beautiful Evidence is about how seeing turns into showing, how empirical observations turn into explanations and evidence presentations. The book identifies excellent and effective methods fo...
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Cheshire, Conn. :
Graphics Press,
[2006]
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Table of Contents:
- Mapped pictures: images as evidence and explanation
- Sparklines: intense, simple, word-sized graphics
- Links and causal arrows: ambiguity in action
- Words, numbers, images-together
- The fundamental principles of analytical design
- Corruption in evidence presentations: effects without causes, cherry picking, overreaching, chartjunk, and the rage to conclude
- The cognitive style of PowerPoint: pitching out corrupts within
- Sculptural pedestals: meaning, practice, depedestalization
- Landscape sculptures.