Quote of the day
That liberty is a great thing we may know from our own feelings, and we may likewise judge so from the conduct of the white-people, in the late war.
Edward Tufte
Born: March 14, 1942 (age 82)
Bio: Edward Rolf Tufte 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.
Known for:
- Envisioning Information (1990)
- Beautiful Evidence (2006)
- Visual Explanations (1986)