The Visual Display of Quantitative Information
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  • Tufte's Classic Is A Must Read In Our Statistical Times
  • Essential for anyone working with charts and graphs
  • Good ideas, nice layout, kinda rambling though
  • Fascinating. Quick. Friendly for the non-expert
  • An absolutely superb book.
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information
Edward R. Tufte
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A timeless classic in how complex information should be presented graphically. The Strunk & White of visual design. Should occupy a place of honor--within arm's reach--of everyone attempting to understand or depict numerical data graphically. The design of the book is an exemplar of the principles it espouses: elegant typography and layout, and seamless integration of lucid text and perfectly chosen graphical examples. Very Highly Recommended.

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5 out of 5 stars Tufte's Classic Is A Must Read In Our Statistical Times.......2007-10-06

This book established Tufte as the authority on the subject of graphs, charts, tables, indeed the display of data by any means. The book is readable by most anyone and will add to your library and your ability to make your way intelligently and critically through the flood of statistical and graphical arguments and pitches placed before us every day.

Simply and confidently Tufte lays out the basics of the right and the wrong, the good and the bad (and occasionally ugly) regarding graphical depictions of data and information.

This book (The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 2nd edition )is the first and the foundation of four books by Tufte (I. The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 2nd edition. II. Envisioning Information. III. Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative. IV. Beautiful Evidence.) that should be read in the order of publication. You will be a wiser person for the effort.

His short book, "The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint: Pitching Out Corrupts Within", while not part of the "four volume set" is a withering attack on the ubiquitous software program, an attack based on the fact that it encourages the user to break nearly every principle that Tufte has spent the last 20 years elucidating in his books regarding the reading and the writing and presentation of well thought out and presented arguments and reports. I've read it and was convinced; PP constrains complex thought, argument, and statistical (indeed any form of) reasoning with its "bullet points", and is a very inefficient means of depicting information as well, cluttering the display space with useless clip art, huge fonts, and often misleading cookie-cutter graphs. (His satirical PP presentation of the Gettysburg Address humorously makes his points, while his analysis of a very real NASA PowerPoint slide from the decision-making meetings regarding the danger to the Space Shuttle Columbia before its destruction on re-entry makes his points in a very sobering manner.)

All this being said, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information is a Great Book. In the internet age we all spend many hours per week looking at visual depictions of information. Tufte's book will make you a more critical user of nearly everything, from the newspaper, to websites, to work presentations, the sports pages, and even your car's speedometer and other gauges. It is the foundation to all of his published work from the last two decades.

Buy this book!

5 out of 5 stars Essential for anyone working with charts and graphs.......2007-03-10

This book fuses mathematical information with art to tell the underlying story and get your message across to the viewer. I would reccommend it to anyone responsible for conveying objective information to others.

4 out of 5 stars Good ideas, nice layout, kinda rambling though.......2007-03-08

This book was very nicely laid out, and the ideas for presenting were good. Sometimes it was a little hard to follow because it rambled a little. But I did get some good pointers that I can use to visualize my data.

5 out of 5 stars Fascinating. Quick. Friendly for the non-expert.......2007-01-09

The book strikes a good balance between major concepts and academic nitty-gritty.

5 out of 5 stars An absolutely superb book........2006-11-23

Tufte presents an examination of a frankly under-esteemed method of data analysis that can be accurately described as passionate. As a Behavioural Scientist trained in sophisticated methods of statistical analysis, I previously was arrogantly inclined to regard charts and graphs as simplistic and naive approaches to data interpretation. However, I now apprehend the undeniable utility of graphical representation, and have acquired a fascination with the field through Tufte's contagious enthusiasm.

If you work with data of any form, it is IMPERATIVE that you read this book.
THE VISUAL DISPLAY OF QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION BY EDWARD R. TUFTE 1983
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                5 out of 5 stars I love these books.......2006-05-30

                I don't yet have the new edition, so these comments are on the 1983 edition. I know that some people who work with graphics find these books less than useful, but I think that if you think about and create figures, these books are brilliant. This is also a physically beautiful book. If you've heard of Tufte, but never remember what's in each look, The Paris train schedule example is here, plus Napoleon's march on Moscow and a very striking example of how a table fails to show information that a set of plots does. There is much here on distortion, and how the mind understands visual information before reading the text around it; reasons to improve the data/ink ratio in graphics, and ways to do this. Tufte's nomination for `Worst graphic of all time' is here, too. Useful if you are willling to think. Maybe less useful if you want cookie-cutter solutions to design problems, but that's NOT me.
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                    In 1892, a stocky Danish immigrant named Magnus Jensen rode into south-central Montana. He liked what he saw and staked his future on the ranch he would carve there.

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                    5 out of 5 stars The year's round of seasons on a Montana ranch.......2003-05-29

                    Montana has produced so many fine writers. Here's another one. Aadland is the son of a Lutheran minister, growing up in south central Montana between the Beartooth Mountains and the Crow Reservation. His "memoir" is mostly about the present, with flashbacks to the past, which include stories of his wife's forebears, who emigrated from Norway in the late 19th century to set themselves up as ranchers. And there are memories of his boyhood, working as a hired hand, a tour of duty in Vietnam as a marine, and raising a family.

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                    It should also be mentioned that this is a handsomely designed book, illustrated with many fine drawings of ranch life by artist Nik Carpenter. I recommend this book to anyone with an interest in working ranches, the Big Sky country, horses, and the making of not just a living but a life. As a companion volume, I suggest "Some Horses" by Thomas McGuane, another Montana writer, as well as Linda Hasselstrom's "Windbreak," which recounts a year on a cattle ranch in South Dakota.

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                    5 out of 5 stars A moving memoir.......2002-07-11

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                    I am an unlikely reader of a book about ranching, a city professional within minutes of the Mall of America. Yet, Dan Aadland brought me intimately into his world and not only let me taste the experience of ranching, but like all good writing, let me feast on life. The sensual quality of the author's writing moved me to respond with my senses. For example, I found that I most enjoyed reading the book on my deck overlooking the woods, feeling the breeze against my face. It was in this setting that I read about cattle buying. Here is a subject I definitely would not have pursued on my own. But Aadland brought the scenes and participants to life and had me so engaged, it was one of my favorite "sketches." I relished his description of the feast he prepared on his private moose hunt. As he wrote about storytelling over Yukon Jack and grapefruit juice, I was compelled to pour my personal version: Cuervo Gold on the rocks with lime juice. I sipped as he told his stories. Dan Aadland not only illuminated the world around him. He effectively brought me into his private world of thought and emotion. I felt right with him as I read his disclosure, "I wonder what I would be psychologically without this space around me, shudder, and force myself to think happier thoughts." I shuddered with him. His emotional honesty was particularly striking as he describes an emotional catharsis toward the end of the book. Aadland's ability to expose the most private--and enlivening--aspects of human experience helped me to identify with him and feel less alone. This was particularly poignant when I recently experienced an emotional reaction similar to the author's. I called up the experience of the author and felt soothed. The isolation-breaking quality of Aadland's writing is a real gift to his readers. I came away from Sketches with a deep respect for ranching, and for a life well lived.

                    5 out of 5 stars Another excellent book on western life by Dan Aadland........1999-08-31

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                                        recommended. also i must say that
                                        if you are looking for a training
                                        guide for ice speedskating, long track or short
                                        track. be sure to purchase Dianne Holum's book titled
                                        the complete book of speedskating[i believe i got the whole
                                        title right]. the book is rare, but it is considered the "Bible" of speedskating literature. it is a rare book. but get it.

                                        Chinese in 10 Minutes a Day® (10 Minutes a Day Series)
                                        Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
                                        • fantastic book
                                        • Children's picture book for the deluded
                                        • good to start a basic vocab and concept
                                        • Iceberg
                                        • EXCELLENT TOOL FOR BEGINNER STUDENT
                                        Chinese in 10 Minutes a Day® (10 Minutes a Day Series)
                                        Kristine K. Kershul
                                        Manufacturer: Bilingual Books (WA)
                                        ProductGroup: Book
                                        Binding: Paperback

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                                        ASIN: 0944502105

                                        Customer Reviews:

                                        5 out of 5 stars fantastic book.......2007-03-08

                                        not enough said about this book, it takes you from basics to conversation.

                                        2 out of 5 stars Children's picture book for the deluded.......2006-07-23

                                        The title really speaks for itself. I was desperate to learn Chinese quickly for travel, was up late, read the reviews, flipped out and bought it. Another romance language if you know one in 10 minutes a day maybe, Chinese if you speak English from a book without audio-not so much....

                                        Let's review the logistics. They don't read English so you can't point to it. You don't read Chinese so you're looking at pictures (not when driving to work). So after dinner you paste romanized Chinese words around the house. Time's up. The next day you memorize a few words that may have a different meaning from the one you intend because you don't have audio phonetics and its a tonal language. Gotta go. The next day, you forget evrything because you only spent 10 minutes and you can't relate it to English. You do the math.

                                        The approach reminds me of the Monty Python skit, where Hungarian tries to buy cigarettes using a phrasebook that inspires him to say "my hovercraft is full of eels" .

                                        And as to the reviews, we don't laugh at Clark Griswold for saying "look at how greatful the French are when we make the slightest effort to speak the language...." because other countries are more grateful when we try to butcher their language. We laugh because he buys "French on the airplane" and believes it works. On the way to China, you're tired, you drink, its crowded, you don't read Chinese, unlike French, they can't read this book, you take out "Chinese in 10 minutes a day" on a 17 hour flight, oops that's my day. Exaggeration, but not by much.
                                        You would either have to grow old or land in Hong Kong!

                                        5 out of 5 stars good to start a basic vocab and concept.......2006-07-01

                                        This was a good book to start a basic vocab and concept of what would later be studied in the Chinese language. I use this book very frequently to start learning a new language and, the only thing that would be missing would be an audio guide to the book. Pronunciation in Chinese is very essential to the word and understanding of the language.

                                        3 out of 5 stars Iceberg.......2006-03-02

                                        This is a good introductory book to Mandarin, but by itself it is incomplete. Correct pronunciation of basic sounds is critical to a non-native speaker before jumping too far into the language. Still, I'm a visual hands-on learner and I appreciate the visual association of words with objects as opposed to systems that employ only spoken lessons. What works best for me is a combination of the two. Consequently, an accompanying tape or CD would enhance this book greatly.

                                        4 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT TOOL FOR BEGINNER STUDENT.......2005-12-07

                                        I have to start this review saying that i thought more than 4 times before buy this book.
                                        For me the title was not to atractive (not too serious for a formal chinese student). But i have to say that since i received this book (with other three books to learn chinese), it got my atention.

                                        This book has colorfull pages, beautiful illustrations, lot of useful vocabulary, and an interested way to introduce new chinese word in every text, even in english text.

                                        Teachs you from you own language, make reference between english grammar and chinese grammar.

                                        This book it's not ambitious, doesnt include chinese caracthers, it's focus on speak, and not to read.

                                        With this book you will learn (at least) to say in chinese:
                                        Where is the table? (nar you ....)
                                        This is the chicken (zhe shi yi ge ji).
                                        I want tea, (wo yao cha).
                                        1,2,3,4,5... 1359...(yi, er, san, si, etc)
                                        Red, blue, gray (hongse, lanse, etc)...
                                        This is, that is (zhe shi, na shi).
                                        Today is monday, see you tomorrow (jintian shi xingqi yi, mingtian jian).

                                        Also include stickers with objects in chinese to stick to your table, clock, window, sofa, cat, etc,
                                        At the end you will have a small vocabulary, but believe me, the way will be really funny.

                                        The only lack of this book it's that doesn't include a CD, it's really important to listen the pronunciation, especially if it's purpose of the book.

                                        It's a good tool for beginners, and if you want to start by yourself (and that's a lot if we talk about chinese).

                                        Sincerely,
                                        from the South of the World (Chile)

                                        Carolina

                                        PD: Sorry for my english... i just speak spanish and a little bit of chinese

                                        Chinese In 10 Minutes A Day
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                                          Kristine; Adapted by Zhen, Wang Yin Kershul
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                                          ASIN: B000QU5SY2
                                          Chinese in 10 Minutes a Day
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                                            Kristine, Adapted By Zhen, Wang Yin Kershul
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                                              Kristine Kershul
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                                                This Damn House:: My Subcontract with America
                                                Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
                                                • Must read is you are doing any renovation
                                                • Read this before buying that cute "Fixer-Upper"
                                                This Damn House:: My Subcontract with America
                                                Margo Kaufman
                                                Manufacturer: Villard
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                                                Binding: Hardcover

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                                                Book Description

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                                                5 out of 5 stars Must read is you are doing any renovation.......2000-12-17

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