Envisioning Information
by: Edward R. Tufte
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A remarkable range of examples for the idea of visualthinking, with beautifully printed pages. A real treat for all who reason and learn by means of images. --Rudolf Arnheim
A remarkable range of examples for the idea of visualthinking, with beautifully printed pages. A real treat for all who reason and learn by means of images. --Rudolf Arnheim
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: 
- Eye opener
I have gained a new insight into the art of data presentation. My presentations will benefit. Making the complex accessible and beautiful.
Rating: - Interesting and enjoyable
Stimulates the visualisation of information with illustrations on every page and easy to read text. Provides many helpful ideas, as well as some `do and don't's. Some overlap with the other book (The Visual Display of Quantitative Information / Envisioning Information).
Rating: 
- Thought provoking
Envisioning Information is a scientific explanation of the importance of why data should be displayed in meaningful ways. The super graphics are well selected and combine perfectly with Tufte's original concepts into specifics of how we should envision data.
The work is in some ways academic but in my opinion represents one of the great works in the information visualization space.
(for some reason amazon will not let me select 5 stars)
Rating: - Gorgeous but impractical
As a coffee table book, Envisioning Information is gorgeous. You will behold luscious colors, faithfully reproduced images with fine detail, and a fine collection of some of the best and worst of informative graphics. It's a splendid portfolio of some ingenious visual displays of complex information.
For theoreticians, it's a mind-jogger and demands a critical review of how you display information today. Are we being demanding enough? Simple enough? Clear enough? There is more than one ... Read More
Rating: - Envisioning Information
Book is in good condition, shipped quickly.I am very satisfied with this process and result.
- Eye openerI have gained a new insight into the art of data presentation. My presentations will benefit. Making the complex accessible and beautiful.
- Interesting and enjoyableStimulates the visualisation of information with illustrations on every page and easy to read text. Provides many helpful ideas, as well as some `do and don't's. Some overlap with the other book (The Visual Display of Quantitative Information / Envisioning Information).
- Thought provokingEnvisioning Information is a scientific explanation of the importance of why data should be displayed in meaningful ways. The super graphics are well selected and combine perfectly with Tufte's original concepts into specifics of how we should envision data.
The work is in some ways academic but in my opinion represents one of the great works in the information visualization space.
(for some reason amazon will not let me select 5 stars)
- Gorgeous but impracticalAs a coffee table book, Envisioning Information is gorgeous. You will behold luscious colors, faithfully reproduced images with fine detail, and a fine collection of some of the best and worst of informative graphics. It's a splendid portfolio of some ingenious visual displays of complex information.
For theoreticians, it's a mind-jogger and demands a critical review of how you display information today. Are we being demanding enough? Simple enough? Clear enough? There is more than one ... Read More
- Envisioning InformationBook is in good condition, shipped quickly.I am very satisfied with this process and result.
