Graphics Guru
As a magazine editor and professor in an earlier life, I much appreciated your recent piece.1 While it was way too short (those damn editors!), the world of graphics--so often done so avoidably poorly--needs all the help it can get.
I was amazed to see no mention (did I miss it?) of the guru in this field, Edward R. Tufte, and his unmatched, brilliantly graphed, texts as examples.2
Tom Foote
Policy Consultant
FooteWorks
Plantation, FL
tom@footeworks.us
References
1. S. Jaffe, "Graph with gusto," The Scientist, 17[17]:56-7, Sept. 8, 2003.
2. E. Tufte, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, Graphics Press, May 2001.
1. S. Jaffe, "Graph with gusto," The Scientist, 17[17]:56-7, Sept. 8, 2003.
2. E. Tufte, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, Graphics Press, May 2001.
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