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 Beautiful Evidence April 8, 2008
Anne G. Willey (Maryland, USA)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
While a Tufte fan for 10 years, this seemed to be a rehash of the same...was expecting more visuals...I bought this sight unseen--will not do that again from him.
 Wonderful and eclectic April 3, 2008
Reg Nordman (Vancouver, BC Canada)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book covers the gamut of the published works of Isaac Newton, the review of the Challenger Disaster ( A telling indictment of PowerPoint) and a review of where PowerPoint fails badly in so many ways ( yes he does not care for it) through to how public sculpture should be displayed. A wonderful and eclectic book. Recommended if you truly want to be a better communicator. Plus this book on your coffee table will make people think you are really smart.
Amusing but not useful December 3, 2007
D. Mitchell
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
Tufte's work is fun to look at, thought provoking, opinionated, and not usually very practical to apply. This book was a bit disappointing. The preachy section on power point was annoying and unhelpful, since many of us do have to present structured talks and cannot compose a Lincoln speech or create graphics like Pravda. A chapter about how to use powerpoint creatively and effectively would be more useful than an anti-Microsoft diatribe and read almost like a conspiracy theory.
 Utter disappointment November 19, 2007
Michael A. Duvernois (Minneapolis, MN United States)
20 out of 22 found this review helpful
There is little here that was not in Tufte's previous, amazingly good, books on graphics and information design. Napoleon goes to Moscow? Powerpoint? Yep, seen those before. Observations on baseball and art do make up for a lack of something to say.
All three of the previous books are strongly recommended, this one is redundant. Wouldn't Tufte want you to recognize that?
 Another Amazing Tufte Publication November 6, 2007
K. Scott Proctor (Wilmington, DE USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is yet another amazing Tufte publication. Consistent with Tufte's earlier publications, this book is composed beautifully, in terms of the quality of paper stock, ink and clarity. The book is as much a work of art as a treatise on the principles of evidence and analytical design.
"Beautiful Evidence" codifies a number of principles laid out in earlier Tufte publications, such as those of analytical design, as well as extends Tufte's unique perspective into topics such as Sparklines.
For those interested in optimizing the presentation of information...and recognizing when information may be presented in a manner that should raise questions and concerns, there is no better source than Dr. Edward Tufte, in my opinion.
I attended one of Dr. Tufte's day-long seminars a number of years ago and found his "in person" explanation of presenting and interpreting information to be exceptionally good. As such, I highly recommend both this book and Dr. Tufte's seminar to all readers.
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