Comments on: Pseudo-book review: Edward Tufte

By: Abstract Algebra: A Pseudo-Rant « metadatta.

Abstract Algebra: A Pseudo-Rant « metadatta. — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:37:33 +0000

[...] few days ago (while reviewing Edward Tufte’s book, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information), I confidently asserted [...]

By: Sujit

Sujit — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 04:54:57 +0000

Abi: Thanks for bringing that to my attention – I’ll see if I can get my hands on VT’s book.

madengineer: Yeah, textbooks are ridiculous. The textbooks for one of my optics classes (just one class) cost around $1000 total…

By: madengineer

madengineer — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 12:42:31 +0000

Oh that so fits in with my desire to Learn Everything. That paragraph you quoted was just BEAUTIFUL.

And $360? Man, compared to my Aircraft Controls and Dynamics book, that’s almost cheap. Ah book publishers. It’s like porn for the educated.

By: Abi

Abi — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 12:55:08 +0000

Presumably your library has Virginia Tufte's "Artful Sentences" too. I'm told that it is very good. It would be nice if you could do a (pseudo)review of this book ... VT is ET's mother -- a fact I learned from a comment on this post.