I bought _Envisioning Information_ at Quantum Books this past spring. Don't
know about _Visual Display..._ Every so often there are seminars by Tufte,
and part of the seminar cost is one of the books.
Johanna
At 9:09 PM 12/20/95, Bob Luttman wrote:
>I'll bite on this one and suggest the work of Edward Tufte for examples of
>how to add dimensions to the 2-d ('flatlands') paper/screen. His first
>book (Visual Display of Quantitative Data) is a lengthy treatis on the
>sunject. The second book (Envisioning Information) is more concise and
>contains more examples.
> -----
>Host's Note: I think Tufte's books are wonderful. For web readers, here
>are some URL's for material on Tufte:
>
>http://www.nas.nasa.gov/NAS/TechReports/NASreports/NAS-94-002/NAS-94-002.pa
>per.html
>
>http://http.cs.berkeley.edu/~ddgarcia/tufte.html
>
>and my copy of Tufte's book says "avail only by direct order, Graphics
>Press, Box 430, Cheshire, CT 06410.
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