Edward R. Tufte
Birth date: January 01, 1942
Edward R. Tufte's Books
http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1hoxfa/what_nonfiction_books_should_everyone_read_to/
Edward Tufte is brilliant. His books, including this one, are artwork disguised as a textbook. The purpose of all three is to explain both good and bad ways of explaining information but they are so much more than that. There is a rich history interwoven in the books' pages. The examples are so inte...
Not as good as "The Visual Display of Quantitative Information" but worth reading. The section on the decision to launch the space shuttle Challenger is very worthwhile, and can be recommended as a case study for anyone who ever has to either base a decision on data or present data.
Everyone should read this book. Although I am not yet adept at creating data-rich, well-designed visual displays of information (and frankly, I blame spawn-of-satan Microsoft), Tufte's books at least have taught me to recognize the inferiority of other's attempts (and the limitations of Microsoft's...
A fascinating, elegant, and beautiful book.
Log in with Facebook 
