The Visual Display of Quantitative Information

FROM OUR EDITORS

Celebrated designer and educator Edward R. Tufte here shares the fundamentals of graphic design in a book that has come to be considered a classic. Scientific American described this seminal work as "original, beautifully presented, sharp and learned...a work of art."

FROM THE PUBLISHER

The Visual Display of Quantitative Information contains 250 illustrations of the best (and a few of the worst) statistical charts, graphics, and tables, with a detailed analysis of how to display quantitative data for precise, quick, effective analysis. Highest quality book design and production throughout.

SYNOPSIS

A modern classic. Tufte teaches the fundamentals of graphics, charts, maps and tables. Includes 250 delightfullly entertaining illustrations, all beautifully printed.

FROM THE CRITICS

Scientific American

Original, beautifully presented, sharp and learned, this book is a work of art. The art here is cognitive art, the graphic display of relations and empirical data, now an indispensable tool of science and engineering.

PC Magazine

This beautifully typeset, illustrated, and printed large-format volume is an accurate, funny, and downright rude short course in the history and practice of statistical graphics. A touchstone of style.

Optical Engineering

A classic reference. The overall intention and power of the book is stunning.

The New York Times

The da Vinci of data.

The Boston Globe