Quote of the day
What can you conceive more silly and extravagant than to suppose a man racking his brains, and studying night and day how to fly?
Edward Tufte
Born: March 14, 1942 (age 83)
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)