Visual revelations : graphical tales of fate and deception from Napoleon Bonaparte to Ross Perot / H...
Visual revelations : graphical tales of fate and deception from Napoleon Bonaparte to Ross Perot / H...
Visual revelations : graphical tales of fate and deception from Napoleon Bonaparte to Ross Perot / Howard Wainer.
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Publisher
New York : Copernicus, c1997.
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TQ061605
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Language
English
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Physical content
xi, 180 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Contents
Sect. I. Graphical Failures. Ch. 1. How to Display Data Badly. Ch. 2. Graphical Mysteries -- Sect. II. Graphical Triumphs. Ch. 3. Graphical Answers to Scientific Questions. Ch. 4. Three Graphic Memorials. Ch. 5. A Nobel Graph. Ch. 6. Todai Moto Kurashi. Ch. 7. Picturing an L.A. Bus Schedule -- Sect....
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Publisher
New York : Copernicus, c1997.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c1997.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
This book takes the reader on an eye-opening tour of the methods and history of presenting data by visual means, showing the reader how to be both a better producer and consumer of graphics. Visual Revelations sheds light on how well-done graphic representations illuminate subtle and significant elements of the information they represent, how poorl...
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Visual revelations : graphical tales of fate and deception from Napoleon Bonaparte to Ross Perot / Howard Wainer.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 166-171) and index.
Transferred from NQ001.4226/5.
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Date Copyright
c1997.
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TQ061605
Record Identifier
74VMQMy8EA2Z
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ISBN
038794902X (hardcover : acid-free paper)
DDC
001.4226
MMS ID
991000406089702626
