We briefly mention Edward Tufte in chapter 12. He deserves much more space because of his pioneering work in communicating information using graphs. A recent STANFORD Magazine article reviews his career.
He was unable to find a publisher for his first book, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, so he started his own publishing company, Graphics Press. Today, he estimates that he has sold over 1.4 million copies of his books.
One of Tufte's contributions to our vocabularies is the word, chartjunk, the unnecessary elements often found in graphics.
In our classes (and in chapter 12), we emphasize the skills involved in creating effective and elegant graphs. Dr. Tufte also teaches a one-day course in presenting data and information, and it's half price for students.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
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