http://www.mlarson.org/2006/10/10/beautiful-evidence-review-455/ this what i like Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:55:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.mlarson.org/2006/10/10/beautiful-evidence-review-455/comment-page-1/#comment-49352 mark larson | Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game (review:3.5/5) Wed, 03 Oct 2007 04:58:11 +0000 http://www.mlarson.org/?p=128#comment-49352 [...] example, in the past year I read through the Edward Tufte corpus pretty much back-to-back (reviewed Beautiful Evidence and Envisioning Information), all but one of Steven Johnson’s (reviewed The Ghost Map, [...] [...] example, in the past year I read through the Edward Tufte corpus pretty much back-to-back (reviewed Beautiful Evidence and Envisioning Information), all but one of Steven Johnson’s (reviewed The Ghost Map, [...]

]]> http://www.mlarson.org/2006/10/10/beautiful-evidence-review-455/comment-page-1/#comment-1788 mlarson.org » More Tufte Thu, 01 Feb 2007 05:25:25 +0000 http://www.mlarson.org/?p=128#comment-1788 [...] Yeah, that Beautiful Evidence was something. Here’s some related material for you: [...] [...] Yeah, that Beautiful Evidence was something. Here’s some related material for you: [...]

]]> http://www.mlarson.org/2006/10/10/beautiful-evidence-review-455/comment-page-1/#comment-548 mlarson.org » Tue, 05 Dec 2006 00:32:35 +0000 http://www.mlarson.org/?p=128#comment-548 [...] The University of British Columbia has placed online Oliver Byrne’s rendition of Euclid’s geometry. Very cool. Edward Tufte highlighted it in one of his recent books that I read. I can’t remember if it was Beautiful Evidence or Envisioning Information. In sum… An unusual and attractive edition of Euclid was published in 1847 in England, edited by an otherwise unknown mathematician named Oliver Byrne. It covers the first 6 books of Euclid, which range through most of elementary plane geometry and the theory of proportions. What distinguishes Byrne’s edition is that he attempts to present Euclid’s proofs in terms of pictures, using as little text - and in particular as few labels - as possible. What makes the book especially striking is his use of colour. [...] [...] The University of British Columbia has placed online Oliver Byrne’s rendition of Euclid’s geometry. Very cool. Edward Tufte highlighted it in one of his recent books that I read. I can’t remember if it was Beautiful Evidence or Envisioning Information. In sum… An unusual and attractive edition of Euclid was published in 1847 in England, edited by an otherwise unknown mathematician named Oliver Byrne. It covers the first 6 books of Euclid, which range through most of elementary plane geometry and the theory of proportions. What distinguishes Byrne’s edition is that he attempts to present Euclid’s proofs in terms of pictures, using as little text – and in particular as few labels – as possible. What makes the book especially striking is his use of colour. [...]

]]> http://www.mlarson.org/2006/10/10/beautiful-evidence-review-455/comment-page-1/#comment-60 mlarson.org » Understanding Comics (review: 4.5/5) Mon, 23 Oct 2006 02:39:31 +0000 http://www.mlarson.org/?p=128#comment-60 [...] McCloud traces the roots of comics back to the early days of literacy, before literature and art went their separate ways. Drawing on this union is where comics set themselves apart as a unique form of visual communication. I see a parallel here with Beautiful Evidence (my review), where Tufte has a whole chapter called “Words, Numbers, Images, Together.” Those were the good ol’ days when words and doodles got along just fine without ridicule. [...] [...] McCloud traces the roots of comics back to the early days of literacy, before literature and art went their separate ways. Drawing on this union is where comics set themselves apart as a unique form of visual communication. I see a parallel here with Beautiful Evidence (my review), where Tufte has a whole chapter called “Words, Numbers, Images, Together.” Those were the good ol’ days when words and doodles got along just fine without ridicule. [...]

]]> http://www.mlarson.org/2006/10/10/beautiful-evidence-review-455/comment-page-1/#comment-31 mlarson.org » More Tufte Wed, 11 Oct 2006 02:33:50 +0000 http://www.mlarson.org/?p=128#comment-31 [...] pointing here and there « Beautiful Evidence (review: 4.5/5) [...] [...] pointing here and there « Beautiful Evidence (review: 4.5/5) [...]

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