Edward Tufte

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July 7, 2020

Name: Edward Tufte
Born: 03/14/1942 (78 years old)
Occupation: Professor, statistician, writer, sculptor

Edward Rolf Tufte (/ˈtʌfti/; born March 14, 1942) is an American statistician and professor emeritus of political science, statistics, and computer science at Yale University. He is noted for his writings on information design and as a pioneer in the field of data visualization.

Birth Place: Kansas City, Missouri

Source: Wikipedia

Edward Tufte quotes :

The commonality between science and art is in trying to see profoundly - to develop strategies of seeing and showing.
Edward Tufte

The leading edge in evidence presentation is in science the leading edge in beauty is in high art.
Edward Tufte

If you like overheads, you'll love PowerPoint.
Edward Tufte

Beautiful Evidence is about the theory and practice of analytical design.
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I do believe that there are some universal cognitive tasks that are deep and profound - indeed, so deep and profound that it is worthwhile to understand them in order to design our displays in accord with those tasks.
Edward Tufte