Visual Explanations
Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative
Edward R. Tufte. Cheshire

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Author(s)

Edward R. Tufte

Publication

Cheshire, Connecticut : Graphics Press, 1997

Scope

156 Pages, illustrated, 27 cm.

ISBN

0961392126

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Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative is about pictures of verbs, the representation of mechanism and motion, process and dynamics, causes and effects, explanation and narrative. Practical applications and examples include statistical graphics, charts for making important decisions in engineering and medicine, technical manuals, diagrams, design of computer interfaces and websites and on-line manuals, animations and scientific visualizations, techniques for talks, and design strategies for enhancing the rate of information transfer in print, presentations, and computer screens.

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Keywords

information design

Location

Cabinet 11 - 2: Informatievormgeving

Remarks

Incl. Index.