During years of combing thru data visualization books, I had seen this book mentioned various times. Finally found a used, hardbound edition in excellent quality. I look forward to paging thru the book in detail during a break.

I got a lot less out of this than I did from The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, which is to say still a fair amount. I thought it was an enjoyable read nonetheless and certainly worth spending a few evenings on. The main thrust of the book seemed to be that it's important to show the reader information in a way that maximally enhances their understanding. Beyond that there's a list of examples of what to do and not do, and I'll remember those down the line when I'm looking at or making pictures. ( )

156 p.

Indeholder "Images and Quantities", "Visual and Statistical Thinking: Displays of Evidence for Making Decisions", "Explaining Magic: Pictorial Instructions and Disinformation Design", "The Smallest Effective Difference", "Parallelism: Repetition and Change, Comparison and Surprise", "Multiples in Space and Time", "Visual Confections: Juxtapositions from the Ocean to the Streams of Story".

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Challenger! Raketaffyringer kontra O-rings beskadigelser kontra temperatur. Og tryllekunstnere som inspiration for disinformation mht præsentation for publikum og deres egne instruktionsbøger som forbilleder for blanding af grafik og tekst. ( )

An eye-opening read. As a linguistic who deals with databases, this book dramatically improved my writing and design of graphics for publication. ( )