Summary
- Facts alone are not sufficient for discovering and communicating truth
- Truth comes from the aesthetic combination of content and form
- Focusing on the beauty of the form—whether it’s a painting, a symphony, or a chart in Excel—is thus essential for communicating truth
Resources
Books about visualization
- Andrew Heiss, “Data Visualization with R” (free online course)
- Kieran Healy,Data Visualization for Social Science: A practical introduction with R and ggplot2
- Claus Wilke, Fundamentals of Data Visualization
- Alberto Cairo, The Truthful Art: Data, Charts, and Maps for Communication
- Stephanie D. H. Evergreen, Effective Data Visualization: The Right Chart for the Right Data
- Dona M. Wong, The Wall Street Journal Guide to Information Graphics: The Dos and Don’ts of Presenting Data, Facts, and Figures
- Hadley Wickham and Garrett Grolemund, R for Data Science: Import, Tidy, Transform, Visualize, and Model Data
- Alberto Cairo, The Functional Art: An Introduction to Information Graphics and Visualization
Telling stories with data
- Ben Wellington, “Making data mean more through storytelling”
- Jonathan Schwabish, “Better data communication”
- Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic, Storytelling with Data: A Data Visualization Guide for Business Professionals
- Alan Alda, If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face? My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating
- Nancy Duarte, Resonate: Present Visual Stories That Transform Audiences