Edward R. Tufte




Edward R. Tufte

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January 01, 1942

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Edward Rolf Tufte (born 1942 in Kansas City, Missouri to Virginia and Edward E. Tufte), a professor emeritus of statistics, graphic design, and political economy at Yale University has been described by The New York Times as "the Leonardo da Vinci of Data". He is an expert in the presentation of informational graphics such as charts and diagrams, and is a fellow of the American Statistical Association. Tufte has held fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the Center for Advanced Studies in Behavioral Sciences.

Tufte currently resides in Cheshire, Connecticut. He periodically travels around the United States to offer one-day workshops on data presentation and information graphics.




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The Visual Display of Quantita... The Visual Display of Quantitative Information
by Edward R. Tufte
avg rating 4.45 — 750 ratings — published 1992
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Envisioning Information Envisioning Information
by Edward R. Tufte
avg rating 4.32 — 621 ratings — published 1990
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Visual Explanations: Images an... Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative
by Edward R. Tufte
avg rating 4.32 — 440 ratings — published 1997
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Beautiful Evidence Beautiful Evidence
by Edward R. Tufte
avg rating 4.11 — 293 ratings — published 2006
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The Cognitive Style of PowerPo... The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint: Pitching Out Corrupts Within, Second Edition
by Edward R. Tufte
avg rating 4.09 — 147 ratings — published 2003
2 editions
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Visual & Statistical Thinking:... Visual & Statistical Thinking: Displays of Evidence for Decision Making
by Edward R. Tufte
avg rating 4.03 — 30 ratings — published 1997
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Political Control of the Econo... Political Control of the Economy
by Edward R. Tufte
avg rating 3.33 — 3 ratings — published 1978
2 editions
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Data Analysis for Politics and... Data Analysis for Politics and Policy
by Edward R. Tufte
avg rating 3.00 — 2 ratings — published 1974
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Quantitative Analysis of Socia... Quantitative Analysis of Social Problems
by Edward R. Tufte
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1970
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Size & Democracy Size & Democracy
by Robert A. Dahl, Edward R. Tufte
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1973
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"PowerPoint is like being trapped in the style of early Egyptian flatland cartoons rather than using the more effective tools of Renaissance visual representation."
Edward R. Tufte (Beautiful Evidence)
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