Visual revelations: graphical tales of fate and deception from napoleon bonaparte to ross perot
Auteur :
Wainer, Howard
Éditeur :
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN :
9781461274865
Date de publication :
6 oct. 2011
Dimensions :
27,9 x 21,0 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This extraordinary book provides a journey through the jungle of good and bad graphical devices used to illustrate and obfuscate data. The author's aim is to illustrate how effectively a well-chosen graphic can reveal in an instant the essential truth behind some data whilst a poorly designed representation can conceal an awful truth.