I have read the 2005 version.
Summary
This book can be seen as the third book in Tufte's information design series has started with The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, followed by Envisioning Information. It is about representing movement, instructions and relationships, cause and effect, and storytelling. Although books after The Visual Display are not talked about as much as his other books, there are still intriguing concepts within this book. Concepts like dequatification, disinformation design, smallest effective difference, parallelism, multiples, and confections, are reminders that visual information is not only a field of study, but it is also an art. This is a reminder that the thinking behind creating visuals are as important as the tool itself.
Things I Like
1. Quantified concepts. Like the other books, Tufte introduces concepts with terms. Although the terms are not necessarily self-explanatory, they help readers summarise and recall ideas easily.
2. Images for explanations. The book is filled with images collected by the author. They come from different times in history. This shows that visual information is not a new thing, and many times we just miss and do not give enough thought to the things right in front of us - the obvious things.
Final Verdict: A thought-provoking read, but readers need to understand that this book which is written in typical Tufte's style is more about visuals than data.