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The visual display of quantitative information / Edward R. Tufte.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tufte, Edward R., 1942-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Statistics--Graphic methods.
- Statistics.
- Graphic methods--Design.
- Graphic methods.
- Visual communication.
- Graphic design (Typography).
- Visual perception.
- Pattern Recognition, Visual.
- Visual Perception.
- Pattern perception.
- Audiovisual Aids.
- Art.
- Design.
- Medical Subjects:
- Pattern Recognition, Visual.
- Visual Perception.
- Audiovisual Aids.
- Art.
- Physical Description:
- 197 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
- Manufacture:
- [Meriden, Conn.] : Meriden-Stinehour Press.
- Place of Publication:
- Cheshire, Connecticut : Graphics Press, [1983]
- Contents:
- Part. 1. Graphical practice
- 1. Graphical excellence
- 2. Graphical integrity
- 3. Sources of graphical integrity and sophistication
- Part. 2. Theory of data graphics
- 4. Data-ink and graphical redesign
- 5. Chartjunk: vibrations, grids, and ducks
- 6. Data-ink maximization and graphical design
- 7. Multifunctioning graphical elements
- 8. Data density and small multiples
- 9. Aesthetics and technique in data graphical design
- Epilogue: Designs for the display of information.
- Notes:
- "Designed by Howard Gralla and Edward Tufte, artwork by Minoru Niijima, cartography by Lawrence Fahey ... Published by Edward Tufte"--colophon (p. [199]).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- RBC copy has dust-jacket retained.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Tufte, Edward R., 1942- Visual display of quantitative information.
- OCLC:
- 9480885
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