Edward R. Tufte

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January 01, 1942

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male

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The United States

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http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/

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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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avg rating: 4.31 | 2,323 ratings | 237 reviews | 10 distinct works | 5 fans

	The Visual Display of Quantitative Information by Edward R. Tufte avg rating 4.45 — 750 ratings — published 1992 3 editions	my rating:
	Envisioning Information by Edward R. Tufte avg rating 4.32 — 621 ratings — published 1990	my rating:
	Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative by Edward R. Tufte avg rating 4.32 — 440 ratings — published 1997	my rating:
	Beautiful Evidence by Edward R. Tufte avg rating 4.11 — 293 ratings — published 2006	my rating:
	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	my rating:
	Visual & Statistical Thinking: Displays of Evidence for Decision Making by Edward R. Tufte avg rating 4.03 — 30 ratings — published 1997	my rating:
	Political Control of the Economy by Edward R. Tufte avg rating 3.33 — 3 ratings — published 1978 2 editions	my rating:
	Data Analysis for Politics and Policy by Edward R. Tufte avg rating 3.00 — 2 ratings — published 1974 2 editions	my rating:
	Quantitative Analysis of Social Problems by Edward R. Tufte avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1970	my rating:
	Size & Democracy by Robert A. Dahl, Edward R. Tufte avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1973	my rating:

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quotes by Edward R. Tufte

"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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