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 Edward Tufte's new book, Visual Explanations
is about pictures of verbs, the representation of mechanism and motion, process and dynamics, causes and effects, explanation and narrative. Practical applications and examples include
statistical graphics, charts for making important decisions in engineering and medicine, technical manuals, diagrams, design of computer interfaces
and web sites and on-line manuals,animations and scientific visualizations, techniques for talks, and design strategies got enhancing the rate of
information transfer in print, presentations, and computer screens. The use of visual evidence in deciding to launch the space shuttle Challenger is
discussed in detail. Video snapshots show redesigns of a supercomputer animation of a thunderstorm. The book is designed and printed to the
highest standards, with luscious color throughout and four built-in flaps for showing motion and before/after effects.
Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative
© 1997, Graphics Press
158 pages, Hardbound
ISBN: 0961392126 |
