Edward Tufte
Edward Tufte
Edward Rolf Tufteis 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEducator
Date of Birth14 March 1942
CountryUnited States of America
art evidence edges
The leading edge in evidence presentation is in science; the leading edge in beauty is in high art.
nature thinking law
The speculative part of my work is that these particular cognitive tasks - ways of thinking analytically - are tied to nature's laws.
years making-changes discussion
Public discussions are part of what it takes to make changes in the trillions of graphics published each year.
long topics slides
There are many true statements about complex topics that are too long to fit on a PowerPoint slide.
goal narrative bullets
What gets left out is the narrative between the bullets, which would tell us who's going to do what and how we're going to achieve the generic goals on the list.
world
The world is generally multivariate
mind open-mind empty
An open mind but not an empty head.
believe order profound
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.
thinking people audience
In general, I think audiences are a lot smarter than people think. So, it's not "know your audience", it's "respect your audience, and really know your content".
law ideas principles
My idea here is that, inasmuch as certain cognitive tasks and principles are tied to nature's laws, these tasks and principles are indifferent to language, culture, gender, or the particular mode of information that is provided.
thinking intellectual sides
I hope that I am generous and tolerant, but certainly on the intellectual side I think that there are discoverable truths, and some things that are closer approximations to the truth than others.
support kind ethical
It is straightforward for me to be ethical, responsible, and kind-hearted because I have the resources to support that.
intellectual moral
I am certainly not an intellectual relativist, nor a moral relativist.
father government directors
My father worked for governments all his life as an engineer and public works director.