Edward Tufte Wants You to See Better
23:52 minutes
Data scientist Edward Tufte (dubbed the “Galileo of graphics” by Businessweek) pioneered the field of data visualization. Tufte discusses what he calls “forever knowledge,” and his latest projects: sculpting Richard Feynman’s diagrams, and helping people “see without words.”
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Edward Tufte
Edward Tufte is a data scientist and artist and author of The Visual Display of Quantitative Information (Graphics Press, 1983; 2nd ed., 2001). He’s based in Cheshire, Connecticut.
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