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Visual Explanations
Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative
Book • 1997
This book focuses on the representation of verbs, such as mechanism and motion, process and dynamics, causes and effects, and explanation and narrative.
It includes practical applications in statistical graphics, engineering, medicine, technical manuals, computer interfaces, and scientific visualizations.
Tufte also discusses the use of visual evidence in critical decisions, such as the Challenger space shuttle launch, and provides examples of effective and poor information design.
It includes practical applications in statistical graphics, engineering, medicine, technical manuals, computer interfaces, and scientific visualizations.
Tufte also discusses the use of visual evidence in critical decisions, such as the Challenger space shuttle launch, and provides examples of effective and poor information design.
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