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Subject: Technical graphics (was Between a Sun-4 and a Cray-2)
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Date: Mon, 24-Aug-87 08:57:24 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 24 08:57:24 1987
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[Mashey's response deleted]

>
>For this whole area, I cannot recommend the following book highly
>enough.  In my opinion, it's in a league with "The Elements of Style":
>
>Edward R. Tufte, "The Visual Display of Quantitative Information",
>Graphics Press, Cheshire, Connecticut, 1983.  About $35, worth more.

Second the recommendation for Tufte's book.  Last year I gave it to
the engineers on my Christmas list.