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The Visual Display of Quantitative Information 2nd Edition
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information 2nd Edition
by Edward R Tufte
Publisher Comments
The classic book on statistical graphics, charts, tables. Theory and practice in the design of data graphics, 250 illustrations of the best (and a few of the worst) statistical graphics, with detailed analysis of how to display data for precise... (read more)

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Envisioning Information
Envisioning Information
by Edward R Tufte
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This book celebrates escapes from the flatlands of both paper and computer screen, showing superb displays of high-dimensional complex data. The most design-oriented of Edward Tufte's books, Envisioning Information shows maps, charts, scientific... (read more)

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Beautiful Evidence
Beautiful Evidence
by Edward R. Tufte
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Edward Tufte is the foremost author on the topic of the graphical display of information.... (read more)

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Visualize This: The FlowingData Guide to Design, Visualization, and Statistics
Visualize This: The FlowingData Guide to Design, Visualization, and Statistics
by Nathan Yau
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See your data in new ways Our world is awash in data. To mean anything, it must be presented in a way that enables us to interpret, analyze, and apply the information. One of the best ways to do that is visually. Nathan Yau is a pioneer of this... (read more)

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Visual Strategies: A Practical Guide to Graphics for Scientists and Engineers
Visual Strategies: A Practical Guide to Graphics for Scientists and Engineers
by Felice C. Frankel
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Any scientist or engineer who communicates research results will immediately recognize this practical handbook as an indispensable tool. The guide sets out clear strategies and offers abundant examples to assist researchers—even those with no... (read more)

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Beautiful Visualization: Looking at Data Through the Eyes of Experts
Beautiful Visualization: Looking at Data Through the Eyes of Experts
by Julie Steele
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Visualization is the graphic presentation of data -- portrayals meant to reveal complex information at a glance. Think of the familiar map of the New York City subway system, or a diagram of the human brain. Successful visualizations are beautiful not... (read more)

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Slide: ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations
Slide: ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations
by Nancy Duarte
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Unlock the amazing story buried in your presentationand forget boring, bullet-point-riddled slides forever! Guided by communications expert Cliff Atkinson, youll walk you through an innovative, three-step methodology for increasing the impact of your... (read more)

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Design by Nature: Using Universal Forms and Principles in Design (Voices That Matter)
Design by Nature: Using Universal Forms and Principles in Design (Voices That Matter)
by Maggie Macnab
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In Design by Nature: Using Universal Forms and Principles in Design, author Maggie Macnab takes you on an intimate and eclectic journey examining the unending versatility of nature, showing how to uncover nature’s ingenuity and use it to create... (read more)

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Visual Computing
Visual Computing
by Richard M Friedhoff
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Considers how computer-generated images can tap into the capacity of the human visual system to visualize information that would otherwise require conscious effort. The authors examine the techniques used to model light and surface in computer... (read more)

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Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery (Voices That Matter)
Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery (Voices That Matter)
by Garr Reynolds
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Best-selling author and popular speaker Garr Reynolds is back in this newly revised edition of his classic, best-selling book, Presentation Zen, in which he showed readers there is a better way to reach the audience through simplicity and storytelling... (read more)

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Presentation Zen Design (10 Edition)
Presentation Zen Design (10 Edition)
by Garr Reynolds
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In his internationally acclaimed, best-selling book Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery, presentation master Garr Reynolds gave readers the framework for planning, putting together, and delivering successful presentations... (read more)

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Visualizing Data
Visualizing Data
by Ben Fry
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Enormous quantities of data go unused or underused today, simply because people can't visualize the quantities and relationships in it. Using a downloadable programming environment developed by the author, Visualizing Data demonstrates methods for... (read more)

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Generative Art: A Practical Guide Using Processing
Generative Art: A Practical Guide Using Processing
by Matt Pearson
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Summary Generative Art presents both the technique and the beauty of algorithmic art. The book includes high-quality examples of generative art, along with the specific programmatic steps author and artist Matt Pearson followed to create each unique... (read more)

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Picturing the Uncertain World: How to Understand, Communicate, and Control Uncertainty Through Graphical Display
Picturing the Uncertain World: How to Understand, Communicate, and Control Uncertainty Through Graphical Display
by Howard Wainer
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"Wainer's book is a delight to read. Readers will come away with a clear understanding of how uncertainty, properly measured, can help us make decisions and can provide a skeptical aura about the facts behind those decisions. Wainer's examples show how... (read more)

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Visual Thinking (08 Edition)
Visual Thinking (08 Edition)
by Colin Ware
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Increasingly, designers need to present information in ways that aid their audience’s thinking process. Fortunately, results from the relatively new science of human visual perception provide valuable guidance. In Visual Thinking for Design, Colin Ware... (read more)

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Show Me the Numbers
Show Me the Numbers
by Stephen Few
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Tables and graphs can more adequately communicate important business information when they reflect the good design practices discussed in this practical guide to effective table and graph design. Information is provided on the fundamental concepts of... (read more)

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Visual Explanations
Visual Explanations
by Edward R Tufte
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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... (read more)

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The Data Handbook
The Data Handbook
by Brand Fortner
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The Data Handbook was originally published in 1992 by Spyglass, Inc., a Savoy, Illinois-based visualization software publishing company who markets their products primarily to scientists and engineers. This Handbook was authored by Brand Fortner, one of... (read more)

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Computational Visualization
Computational Visualization
by Thomas Strothotte
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A unified and coherent introduction to the notion of abstraction in interactive computer graphics is provided by this book. Abstraction entails refinement of images based on geometric models so as to reflect the importance of the features of the model... (read more)

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Visual and Statistical Thinking: Displays of Evidence for Decision Making
Visual and Statistical Thinking: Displays of Evidence for Decision Making
by Edward R. Tufte
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