Here is the classic diagram that Tufte uses to show Napoleon’s loss of troops as he marched on Moscow. Yeah, the width of the line is proportional to the number of men. Brown is the march to Moscow, ...

Edward Tufte is most likely the world’s only graphic ... It’s a diagrammatic map showing Napoleon’s march to and from Moscow in the winter of 1812–1813. The map displays the facts ...

Among architects, and just about anyone else with a visual sensibility, Edward Tufte is a legendary figure ... the content is usually very powerful—Napoleon’s march, dance notation, Galileo ...

I write about media, technology, conferences and festivals globally. The essence of Tufte’s work is that there is a moral, ethical imperative for presenters and readers to insist on simple ...

"My class," said, "will help you with that." On Wednesday, Ramis returned to that invigorating classroom as Tufte, a legend in the flow of complex information and simple design, brought his fabled ...

"My father once told me that I would never be successful because I have too much contempt for authority," says Edward Tufte. "I think that's been an enormously successful strategy." At 67 ...

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 ...

Late last week, President Barack Obama announced that he would be appointing a gentleman named Edward Tufte to the independent panel that advises the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board ...

Yikes! But it turns out that the story of Edward Tufte is a fascinating one, full of vivid examples of the way technology delivers information confusingly, and how Tufte leads the charge for ...