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| Author(s): | E. Tufte |
| Publisher: | Graphics Press LLC |
| ISBN: | 0961392177 |
| Format: | hardback |
| 213pp | |
| Price: | $52.00 |
| Review Date: | 22 August 2006 |
| Review: | Edward Tufte, Professor Emeritus at Yale University, writes and publishes his own books. Beautiful Evidence looks at how empirical observations turn into explanations and evidence. It exemplifies effective methods for showing evidence, suggests new designs, and provides analytical tools for assessing the credibility of evidence presentations. The well-illustrated examples span evidence presentations ranging through evolutionary trees and rocket science, economics, art, history and sculpture. Throughout the book the application of analytic thinking is an aid to both the insider and the outsider, enabling them to assess the credibility of the evidence. The examples are not tied to any particular language, culture, style century, gender or technology – illustrations come from 14 centuries, 16 countries, 3 planets and countless stars. |