Lots of nice examples and exploration of the various questions a data designer should ask themselves. Using examples from art, design,business, statistics, cartography, and online media, he exploresboth standard-and not so standard-concepts and ideas aboutillustrating data. Create visualizations that register at all levels, with Data Points: Visualization That Means Something. In this respect, it goes considerably deeper and profound about how people comprehend and interpret visualizations than a set of pithy rules masquerading as common sense. Enabled.

I am going to go try out some star charts tomorrow, for instance. Data Points often has illegible plots, blurry printing on some figures, an inconvenient choice of book binding for dual-page printing, and a rushed feeling when it comes to organization, layout, and narrative.
A fresh look at visualization from the author of Visualize This Whether it's statistical charts, geographic maps, or the snappy graphical statistics you see on your favorite news sites, the art of data graphics or visualization is fast becoming a movement of its own. This is a beautifully produced book with lots of great ideas for visualizing data. O’Reilly members get unlimited access to live online training experiences, plus books, videos, and digital content from 200+ publishers.
I think this leans Edward Tufte, but with a more statistic type mindset and a little less art driven.

Many of the examples aren't my cup of tea. Create visualizations that register at all levels, with Data Points: Visualization That Means Something. Seems a little bit dated, but that’s the nature of this field. Solid overview but not much in terms of new or thought-provoking content. We’d love your help. Tufte, b. It's an introductory book, I felt I knew most of what I was reading already (and I'm no expert). This book has given a foundation of data points, as the name suggests. But the charts showing how to compose graphics from the basic componen. Nice exploration of and discussion around the process of creating data visualizations. In Data Points: Visualization That Means Something, author Nathan Yau presents an intriguing complement to his bestseller Visualize This, this time focusing on the graphics side of data analysis. Rather, the number of data points that you are working with may dictate the best visual to use . If you like books and love to build cool products, we may be looking for you.

Good, but I skimmed through several sections that weren't really all that new or interesting to me.

It's also a little light on the analytic and exploratory aspects of graphics as opposed to the communicative and visual aspects. that I have trouble remembering exactly what's distinct about this one vs the others. In Data Points: Visualization That Means Something, author Nathan Yau presents an intriguing complement to his bestseller Visualize This, this time focusing on the graphics side of data analysis.

eBookMall is a recognized leader in eBooks. It's also a little light on the analytic and exploratory aspects of graphics as opposed to the communicative and visual aspects. The book is also split into sections a bit better. Your email address will not be published.

A fresh look at visualization from the author of Visualize This. April 15th 2013 He includes some amazingly creative, smart, and unusual ways to express complicated data. Tufte, by contrast, clearly spent ages laying out every page and even admits to adjusting his phrasing so that his sentences lined up nicely on the printed page.