《 Data Points: Visualization That Means Something》,Nathan Yau继Visualize This之后的大作,2013年新书。原来的那本《Visualize This:Data Guide to Design, Visualization, and Statistics》已经引起了很大的反响,也已经有中文版面世,《鲜活的数据:数据可视化指南》(人民邮电出版社,2012)。这本书是他的最新著作。下面是他的网站,上面有教程,有源码,可以跟着学习。
What is good visualization? It is a representation of data that helps you see what you
otherwise would have been blind to if you looked only at the naked source. It enables
you to see trends, patterns, and outliers that tell you about yourself and what surrounds
you. The best visualization evokes that moment of bliss when seeing something for the
frst time, knowing that what you see has been right in front of you, just slightly hidden.
Sometimes it is a simple bar graph, and other times the visualization is complex because
the data requires it.