INFORMATION GRAPHICS

by Harris

This beautifully illustrated book is the first complete handbook to visual information. Well written, easy to use, and carefully indexed, it describes the full range of charts, graphs, maps, diagrams, and tables used daily to manage, analyze, and communicate information. It features over 3,000 illustrations, making it an ideal source for ideas on how to present information. It is an invaluable tool for anyone who writes or designs reports, whether for scientific journals, annual reports, or magazines and newspapers.

Genres: Design, Reference, Nonfiction, Art, Management

450 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1996

Reviews

[S]

This book is wonderful. Also, if you have this book, and are concerned about there not being an index or guide to what charts best fit given data sets, page 71 has a super clever chart of the different charts and uses of charts. It's a meta-chart. I'm surprised the editors let the author get away with that. It makes me, as a novice bibliomaniac, ineffectually stifle his laughter.

[Thomas]

Excellent book for getting an some good ideas about how to visualize data. A bit short on good advice, more of an overview.

[Yokusun Basi]

Harris, R: Information Graphics: A Comprehensive Illustrated Reference by Robert L. Harris (2000)

[Finlay]

Lots of examples to pick out the details from. Doesn't directly recommend any approach over others.