The visual display of quantitative information / Edward R. Tufte.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Tufte, Edward R., 1942-

Contributor:

• Gralla, Howard I.
• Niijima, Minoru.
• Fahey, Lawrence.
• Graphics Press.
• Meriden-Stinehour Press.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Statistics--Graphic methods.
• Graphic methods--Design.
• Visual communication.
• Graphic design (Typography).
• Visual perception.
• Pattern Recognition, Visual.
• Visual Perception.
• Pattern perception.
• Audiovisual Aids.
• Art.
• Graphic methods.
• 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