Design Is the Easy Science, Right?

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I tell people that physics is the easiest science. We've learned so much about the physical world. It's extraordinary and also the only thing that's universal. That's out of this war. So let's make sure that the people, the tiny percentage of listeners who aren't already familiar with your work sort of get the thrust of it right from the start. I mean, you work at the intersection of data and design. And you know, design is a tricky thing. Do you have any training in design or do you stumble into it? Or is that a goal all along in his career?

So you have some information — how are you going to share it with and present it to the rest of the world? There has been a long history of organizing and displaying information without putting too much thought into it, but Edward Tufte has done an enormous amount to change that. Beginning with The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, and continuing to his new book Seeing With Fresh Eyes: Meaning, Space, Data, Truth, Tufte’s works have shaped how we think about charts, graphs, and other forms of presenting data. We talk about information, design, and how thinking about data reflects how we think about the world.

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Edward Tufte received his Ph.D. in political science from Yale University. He has been a professor of public affairs at Princeton and of political science, statistics, and computer science at Yale, where he is currently emeritus professor. He is the founder and owner of Graphics Press, and his books have sold nearly 2 million copies worldwide. He is an active artist and sculptor, as well as a touring lecturer.

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