Background |
“Edward Tufte has written seven
books, including Visual Explanations, Envisioning Information, The Visual
Display of Quantitative Information, and Data Analysis for Politics
and Policy. He writes, designs, and self-publishes his books on
analytical design, which have received more than 40 awards for content and
design. He is Professor Emeritus at From the homepage of
his website |
Publications |
Among the
publications, these are most useful for an instructor: Visual Explanations Envisioning Information The Visual Display of Quantitative Information The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint |
Website About
PowerPoint and its cognitive problems |
http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/
Provides
excellent and extensive information and examples, a forum, and access to
related publications, as well as information on his books. The website also provides an excerpt from his
work The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint, with an excerpt on the 1998 Challenger
incident at this link: http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0001yB&topic_id=1
For a brief
article on PowerPoint by Tufte and its problems for
cognition, see http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/ppt2.html |
History – Dr. Bibus |
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Contact Information: |
281.239.1577 or cjb_classes@yahoo.com |
Last Updated: |
2009 |
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