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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36234417 Title: Visual explanations : images and quantities, evidence and narrative Author: Edward R Tufte Publisher: Cheshire, Conn. : Graphics Press, ©1997. ISBN/ISSN: 0961392126 9780961392123 9781930824157 1930824157 OCLC:36234417

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Visual explanations : images and quantities, evidence and narrative

Author:	Edward R Tufte
Publisher:	Cheshire, Conn. : Graphics Press, ©1997.
Edition/Format:	Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	This book describes design strategies - the proper arrangement in space and time of images, words, and numbers - for presenting information about motion, process, mechanism, cause and effect.
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Subjects	Visual communication. Pattern Recognition, Visual. Visual Perception. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Authors' autographs (Provenance)
Additional Physical Format:	Online version: Tufte, Edward R., 1942- Visual explanations. Cheshire, Conn. : Graphics Press, ©1997 (OCoLC)606165962 Online version: Tufte, Edward R., 1942- Visual explanations. Cheshire, Conn. : Graphics Press, ©1997 (OCoLC)606316904
Material Type:	Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	Edward R Tufte Find more information about:
ISBN:	0961392126 9780961392123 9781930824157 1930824157
OCLC Number:	36234417
Description:	156 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 28 cm
Contents:	Images and quantities -- Visual and statistical thinking: displays of evidence for making decisions -- Explaining magic: pictorial instructions and disinformation design -- Smallest effective difference -- Parallelism: repetition and change, comparison and surprise -- Multiples in space and time -- Visual confections: juxtapositions from the ocean of the streams of story.
Responsibility:	Edward R. Tufte.
More information:	The Rosengarten Family Fund Home Page

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This book describes design strategies - the proper arrangement in space and time of images, words, and numbers - for presenting information about motion, process, mechanism, cause and effect.

Images and Quantities Visual and Statistical Thinking: Displays of Evidence for Making Decisions Explaining Magic: Pictorial Instructions and Disinformation Design The Smallest Effective Difference Parallelism: Repetition and Change, Comparison and Surprise Multiples in Space and Time Visual Confections: Juxtapositions from the Ocean of the Streams of Story

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Tufte web site: http://www.edwardtufte.com/

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