Data scientist Edward Tufte (dubbed the "Galileo of graphics" by BusinessWeek) pioneered the field of data visualization. Tufte discusses what he calls "forever knowledge," and his latest projects ...

The five key commandments of data visualization discussed here can help one create a good visual of data and insights to support data-driven decision-making. As Edward Tufte, the pioneer of data ...

The essence of Tufte’s work is that there is a moral, ethical imperative for presenters and readers to insist on simple designs to maximize the rich and luscious data at hand. With his books and ...

I had long wanted to meet Edward R. Tufte--the man the New York Times called "the da Vinci of data" because of his concisely written and artfully illustrated books on the visual display of data ...

BibliOdyssey's lovingly curated collection of 19th-century infographics proves that data visualization is not just a contemporary fad. advertisement Latest Edward Tufte News ...

Edward Tufte, a pioneer of modern data visualization, believes that “clutter and confusion are failures of design, not attributes of information.” ...

Tufte's philosophy is simple but powerful: get rid of ornamentation—"chartjunk," in Tuftese—and let the data speak for itself. (For a demonstration, click here and scroll down.) ...

In our digital sage, the practice of data visualization has gained even more importance. ... EDWARD TUFTE (VOICEOVER): I think in general, audiences are a lot smarter than a lot of people think.

Some of the most contentious research revolves around the assertion that visual decoration distracts from the readability of charts, first championed by data visualization guru Tufte.

Data scientist Edward Tufte (dubbed the "Galileo of graphics" by BusinessWeek) pioneered the field of data visualization. Tufte discusses what he calls "forever knowledge," and his latest projects ...