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Science and art have in common intense seeing, the wide-eyed observing that generates visual information. Beautiful Evidence is about how seeing turns into showing, how data and evidence turn into explanation. The book identifies excellent and effective methods for showing nearly every kind of information, suggests many new designs (including sparklines), and provides analytical tools for assessing the credibility of evidence presentations (which are seen from both sides: how to produce and how to consume presentations). For alert consumers of presentations, there are chapters on diagnosing evidence corruption and PowerPoint pitches. Beautiful Evidence concludes with 2 chapters that leave the world of pixel and paper flatland representations - and move onto seeing and thinking in space land, the real-land of three-space and time.Statistician/visualizer/artist Edward Tufte is Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Statistics, and Computer Science at Yale University. He wrote, designed, and self-published 5 classic books on data visualization.The New York Times described Tufte as the "Leonardo da Vinci of data," and Bloomberg as the "Galileo of graphics."Having completed his book Seeing With Fresh Eyes: Meaning, Space, Data, Truth, ET is now constructing a 234-acre tree farm and sculpture park in northwest Connecticut, which will show his artworks and remain open space in perpetuity.He founded Graphics Press, ET Modern Gallery/Studio, and Hogpen Hill Farms. img001.jpg......Page 1 img002.jpg......Page 2 img003.jpg......Page 3 img004.jpg......Page 4 img005.jpg......Page 5 img006.jpg......Page 6 img007.jpg......Page 7 img008.jpg......Page 8 img009.jpg......Page 9 img010.jpg......Page 10 img011.jpg......Page 11 img012.jpg......Page 12 img013.jpg......Page 13 img014.jpg......Page 14 img015.jpg......Page 15 img016.jpg......Page 16 img017.jpg......Page 17 img018.jpg......Page 18 img020.jpg......Page 19 img022.jpg......Page 20 img023.jpg......Page 21 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Beautiful Evidence is about how seeing turns into showing, how data and evidence turn into explanation. The book identifies excellent and effective methods for showing nearly every kind of information, suggests many new designs (including sparklines), and provides analytical tools for assessing the credibility of evidence presentations (which are seen from both sides: how to produce and how to consume presentations). For alert consumers of presentations, there are chapters on diagnosing evidence corruption and PowerPoint pitches. Beautiful Evidence concludes with two chapters that leave the world of pixel and paper flatland representations - and move onto seeing and thinking in space land, the real-land of three-space and time. 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. http://www.edwardtufte.com Science And Art Have In Common Intense Seeing, The Wide-eyed Observing That Generates Empirical Information. Beautiful Evidence Is About How Seeing Turns Into Showing, How Empirical Observations Turn Into Explanations And Evidence Presentations. The Book Identifies Excellent And Effective Methods For Presenting Information, Suggests New Designs, And Provides Tools For Assessing The Credibility Of Evidence Presentations. Here We Will See Many Close Readings Of Serious Evidence Presentations - Ranging Through Evolutionary Trees And Rocket Science To Economics, Art History, And Sculpture. Insistent Application Of The Principles Of Analytical Thinking Helps Both Insiders And Outsiders Assess The Credibility Of Evidence. Mapped Pictures: Images As Evidence And Explanation -- Sparklines: Intense, Simple, Word-sized Graphics -- Links And Causal Arrows: Ambiguity In Action -- Words, Numbers, Images - Together -- The Fundamental Principles Of Analytical Design -- Corruption In Evidence Presentations: Effects Without Causes, Cherry Picking, Overreaching, Chartjunk, And The Rage To Conclude -- The Cognitive Style Of Powerpoint: Pitching Out Corrupts Within -- Sculptural Pedestals: Meaning, Practice, Depedestalization -- Landscape Sculptures. Edward R. Tufte. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Mapped Pictures: Images as Evidence and Explanation Sparklines: Intense, Simple, Word-Sized Graphics Links and Casual Arrows: Ambiguity in Action Words, Numbers, Images - Together The Fundamental Principles of Analytical Design Corruption in Evidence Presentations: Effects Without Causes, Cherry Picking, Overreaching, Chartjunk, and the Rage to Conclude The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint: Pitching Out Corrupts Within Sculptural Pedestals: Meaning, Practice, Depedestalization Appendix: The Conceptual and Cognitive Art of Feynman Diagrams