Tufte

• Edward Tufte
• Statistician
• Edward Rolf Tufte is an American statistician and professor emeritus of political science, statistics, and computer science at Yale University. *He is noted for his writings on information design and as a pioneer in the field of data visualization. Wikipedia
• Born: March 14, 1942 (age 74), Kansas City, MO
• Parents: Virginia Tufte, Edward E. Tufte
• Movies: Teaching to See
• Education: Yale University (1968), Stanford University (1964), Beverly Hills High School (1960)

Quotes

• The commonality between science and art is in trying to see profoundly - to develop strategies of seeing and showing.
• Beautiful Evidence is about the theory and practice of analytical design.
• If you like overheads, you'll love PowerPoint.

Links

The Visual Display of Quantitative Information

• https://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_vdqi

Envisioning Information

• https://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_ei

Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative

• https://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_visex

Beautiful Evidence

• https://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_be

Textbooklet: Visual and Statistical Thinking

• https://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_textb

The Cognitive Style of Powerpoint: Pitching Out Corrupts Within

• https://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_pp