Beautiful Evidence by Edward R. Tufte Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Beautiful Evidence
Book Review: Useful perspectives
Summary: 5 Stars
Of the three hardbound Tufte texts I've read this one goes down best. It's a beautiful volume, and despite the fact that I'd been introduced to sparklines in the other Tufte books, the concept sunk in with this book. Give this a try. From the way you design your spreadsheets to the fonts you might choose in a WORD document -- Tufte will influence how you express yourself. Whether your interests are technical or not, Tufte's disciplines and perspectives in how we express and perceive information will empower you to clearly and perhaps more importantly, gracefully express yourself. This is a delightful book -- a true "sleeper" in that it offers so much more than its commercial descriptions. If you really take your time and let this work sink in, people will notice -- whether those people are your boss or just friends.Book Review: Utter disappointment
Summary: 1 Stars
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?
Book Review: Variations on a theme
Summary: 4 Stars
As one reviewer astutley notes, this beautiful book is a little short on new evidence. If you own his three previous books, there's very little compelling about purchasing this one. Ironically, if you are new to Tufte, this may be his most accessible book to date as he covers several of his pet-peeves - including a scathing condemnation of NASA and PowerPoint.
I own all four of his larger works because I feel his attention to printing detail makes his books closer to art than literature. That said, I do wish the good Doctor would venture into some new territory.
Book Review: Visual Truth
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is one many Tufte wrote concerning the usefull display of information. The graphs and pictures are amazing. The author describes both good and poor use of graphs and tables for displaying data. This book is a great tool for any one making reports or presentations with visual information.Book Review: Weak
Summary: 1 Stars
If you are looking for guidance on metrics presentation or insight, pass right by this book. The pictures are nice enough I suppose; but there are many, many, and I mean many, other books, Tufte's included, that are significantly more worthwhile.