A ground breaking book when it was released. On a re-read still enjoyed the multitudinous interesting ways to portray information.
Some of the actual information looks a little suspect to me, but that isn't the point of course.
The book serves as a thought provoking inspiration, showing different and impactful ways of conferring information (although there are some truly awful fails too). ( )

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I enjoyed the book, but I wish that the infographics had been based on information that was more rigorous. ( )

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These days we are surrounded by data, every transaction online or in a shop is recorded, processed and analysed. That data is sucked into vast databases that are then used to sell you even more stuff.

But in the hands of McCandless this vast data stream is shown in all its magnificence. He has taken the facts and numbers and made them beautiful, elegant and more importantly understandable. The range of subjects he has covered is vast too, there are maps of the internet, global spending, radiation charts, popular books, DNA, the evolution of computers, drugs, religion, alcohol, coffee, google search terms and many many more. All are shown in the most relevant form to aid clarity.

It is not without its flaws; I'm not completely sure that all the data is 100% accurate. Some of the graphical layouts are magnificent, cleverly constructed to portray the maximum amount of information clearly. It doesn't have a huge amount of text, just information. Lots and lots and lots of information. Well worth a look if you are interested in this type of thing, but not up to the standard of of of Tufte's masterpieces. ( )