
Visual Complexity
by Manuel Lima · first published 2013
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I really liked "Visual Complexity" by Manuel Lima: https://www.amazon.com/Visual-Complexity-Mapping-Patterns-In...
on “Ask HN: Coffee table books” ↗I keep a wide variety of references around this desk. Some of my favorites: Manuel Lima's "Visual Complexity", "The Book of Circles", and "The Book of Trees". These are useful as references and as visualization inspiration. Jacques Bertin's "Semiology of Graphics". Gorgeous and immensely useful. Desmond and…
on “Ask HN: What books do you keep on your desk?” ↗Interesting selection. I'm surprised to find some of my more eclectic favorites included: - Naked Ape, Desmond Morris - Feynman Lectures on Computation - Feynman - Guide to Feynman Diagrams - Mattuck - Visual Complexity - Lima - Data Analysis - Sivia - Emergence - Jonhson
on “Bret Victor's Bookshelf (2015)” ↗