by Edward R. Tufte
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About the Book
This **is a great book that people really love because it makes data easy to understand through clear and beautiful visuals. It’s great how Tufte shows both good and bad examples of charts, helping readers see what works best. I like that he pushes for simplicity and honesty in design, which makes information feel trustworthy and fun to look at.
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Time-Series
Time-series displays are at their best for big data sets with real variability. Why waste the power of data graphics on simple linear changes, which can usually be better summarized in one or two numbers? Instead, graphics should be reserved for the richer, more complex, more difficult statistical material.
For Playfair, graphics were preferable to tables because graphics showed the shape of the data in a comparative perspective.