How Charts Lie

When it comes to the best books on data visualization, it's impossible not to mention How Charts Lie composed by Alberto Cairo, a top data visualization specialist who investigates the negative and positive effects of charts on our view of reality.

Numbers are increasingly driving public debates nowadays. While charts, infographics, and diagrams might help us learn more, they can also trick us—intentionally or not. We must all be able to comprehend and utilize the visual information that politicians, journalists, and even our employers offer us daily to be informed, citizens. Avoid allowing evil actors to readily change graphics to further their objectives.

Alberto Cairo, a data visualization expert, tells us how to not only recognize the falsehoods in misleading graphics but also how to use excellent ones to grasp complicated tales in his book How Charts Lie. Numbers are increasingly driving public discourse, and we must be able to decipher and use visual information to make sense of them. By covers, modern examples ranging from election result infographics to global GDP maps and box office record charts, as well as an updated afterword on the visuals of the COVID-19 epidemic, demystifying a vital new literacy for our data-driven society.

"A thousand words are worth a thousand pictures, but only if you know how to read them. Alberto Cairo tells us how to become more knowledgeable about visual information by reading charts with care and attention. I discovered a lot of things to take here, and I'm sure you will as well."— Austin Kleon is the author of the book Steal Like an Artist.

Author: Alberto Cairo

Language: English

Link buy: https://www.amazon.com/How-Charts-Lie-Getting-Information/dp/1324001569