false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166853672m/17744.jpg 17744 3 A timeless classic in how complex information should be presented graphically. The Strunk & White of visual design. Should occupy a place of honor--within arm's reach--of everyone attempting to understand or depict numerical data graphically. The design of the book is an exemplar of the principles it espouses: elegant typography and layout, and seamless integration of lucid text and perfectly chosen graphical examples. Very Highly Recommended. 522245 1992 The Visual Display of Quantitative Information total:788|5:19|4:5|3:2|2:0|1:0| 788 3504 1389 102 5 1 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sat Apr 25 06:15:06 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 06:30:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 19 09:46:20 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 19 09:46:20 -0800 2008
How, you ask, could anyone write a book about graphs, let alone read one? Surely you've never found the sex appeal of a bar chart, the seductiveness of a scatterplot. Well my friend, you simply have never realized the power of a well-designed graph.

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Nevertheless, there are a lot of interesting take-aways, some of which include:

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I also enjoyed t...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1994 Sun Jan 04 14:56:43 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 15:01:31 -0800 2009 The author is a well known complainer about PowerPoint. Every good author is entitled to be flat out wrong about at least one thing. So, the trick is to u...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 05 11:19:30 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 11:25:25 -0800 2009
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Anyone who's seriously interested in visual design, information display and presentation, and communication of data to enable effe...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Tue Nov 17 15:02:25 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 15:05:29 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jun 18 10:37:28 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 10:41:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Mar 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jan 16 06:12:35 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 09 09:28:50 -0700 2009 A classic in design writing. Disseminating information to produce informative while still interesting. Making beautiful form out of quantitive information. I think the <a href="<http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/02/27/nyregion/20090227_Morgenthau_Timeline.html?ref=n...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=17744