Envisioning Information

edward r. tufte

The celebrated design professor here tackles the question of how best to communicate real-life experience in a two-degree format, whether on the printed page or the computer screen. The Whole Earth Review called Envisioning Information a "passionate, elegant revelation."

Genres designnonfictionreferencescienceartbusinessart designcommunicationtechnologytechnical

126 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1,1990

This edition

Format: 126 pages, Hardcover
Published: December 1, 1992 by Graphics Press
ISBN: 9780961392116
ASIN: 0961392118
Language: English

About the author

edward r. tufte

Edward Rolf Tufte (born 1942 in Kansas City, Missouri to Virginia and Edward E. Tufte), a professor emeritus of statistics, graphic design, and political economy at Yale University has been described by The New York Times as "the Leonardo da Vinci of Data". He is an expert in the presentation of informational graphics such as charts and diagrams, and is a fellow of the American Statistical Association. Tufte has held fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the Center for Advanced Studies in Behavioral Sciences.

Tufte currently resides in Cheshire, Connecticut. He periodically travels around the United States to offer one-day workshops on data presentation and information graphics.

Note: Some books by this author have been published under the name Edward Tufte.