One of the most ingenious ideas of Edward Tufte, in my opinion, is the concept of "sparklines". For more on sparklines, check out: http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0001OR /Arin p.s. BTW, edwardtufte.com is itself a treasure trove. - Arin On Nov 21, 2007 8:00 AM, Alan Ruttenberg <alanruttenberg@gmail.com> wrote: > > Vipul and I were discussing patient records and I remembered a nice > layout of a portion from a medical record that Edward Tufte > visualized in his book Envisioning Information. It is on page 56 to > 57. Unfortunately I don't know of an online way to view the book, but > if you have access to a copy this, and any ofTufte's other books, > they are well worth a look. The visualization places a terse report > of the treatment of a patient in her last days, from a medical bill, > annotated on the sides, in a sort of talmudic style, with the story > of what was happening at the time. > > Regards, > Alan > > http://www.amazon.com/Envisioning-Information-Edward-R-Tufte/dp/ > 0961392118 > >
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