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"A remarkable range of examples for the idea of visual thinking with beautifully printed pages. A real treat for all who reason and learn by means of image." - Rudolf Arnheim. "A beautifully illustrated, well-argued volume," Scientific American. This book celebrates escapes from flatland, rendering several hundred suburb displays of complex data. Revealed here are design strategies for enhancing the dimensionality and density of portrayals of information, techniques exemplified in maps, the manuscripts of Galileo, timetables, notations describing dance movements, aerial photographs, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, electrocardiograms, drawings of Calder and Klee, computer visualizations and a textbook of Euclid's geometry.
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- Author
- Edward R Tufte; Graphics Press
- Publisher
- Graphic Press; Graphics Press
- Published
- 1990
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780961392116
- Category
- reference
- Subjects
- Sociology, Mathematics, Fiction
- Rating
- 4.23 / 5 (5,829 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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