November 2020
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240 pages
4h 44m
English
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Recommended Reading
Edward R. Tufte—Data viz devotees agree, he is our guru.
- The Visual Display of Quantitative Information (1983). Cheshire, CT: Graphics Press.
- Envisioning Information (1990). Cheshire, CT: Graphics Press.
- Visual Explanations (1997). Cheshire, CT: Graphics Press.
- Beautiful Evidence (2006). Cheshire, CT: Graphics Press.
Colin Ware—His books are on our lists of “must haves” for anyone who is truly serious about creating understandable and useful data visualizations. Ware's work is grounded in the research and scientific explanations about how our vision and cognition work, and how they inform the best practices of data visualization.
- Information Visualization: Perception for Design (Interactive Technologies), 4th ed. (2020). Morgan Kaufman/Elsevier.
Alberto Cairo—A great thinker, chronicler, and challenger of the good, bad, and most importantly, the sometimes dangerously bad visualizations cluttering the universe.
- The Functional Art: An Introduction to Information Graphics and Visualization (2013). New Riders.
- The Truthful Art: Data, Charts, and Maps for Communication (2016). New Riders.
Bella Martin and Bruce Hanington—Experts in the methods of user-centered research, this team has written a really wonderful book with a simple, easy-to-use and follow layout that reflects their expertise.
- Universal Methods of Design: 100 Ways to Research Complex Problems, Develop Innovative Ideas, and Design Effective ...
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