{"id":140,"date":"2019-01-18T14:59:06","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T14:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allendowney.com\/blog\/?p=140"},"modified":"2019-01-18T14:59:13","modified_gmt":"2019-01-18T14:59:13","slug":"the-library-of-data-visualization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allendowney.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/18\/the-library-of-data-visualization\/","title":{"rendered":"The library of data visualization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Getting ready for my Data Science class (starting next week!) I am updating my data visualization library, looking for resources to help students learn about visualization.<\/p>\n<p>Last week I asked Twitter to help me find resources, especially new ones.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AllenDowney\/status\/1083043272682033152\">Here&#8217;s the thread<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0Thank you to everyone who responded!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll try to summarize and organize the responses.\u00a0 I am mostly interested in books and web pages about visualization, rather than examples of it or tools for doing it.<\/p>\n<p>There are lots of good books; to impose some order, I put them in three categories: newer work, the usual suspects, and moldy oldies.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-143\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allendowney.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screenshot-at-2019-01-18-09-56-35-300x3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"3\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allendowney.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screenshot-at-2019-01-18-09-56-35-300x3.png 300w, https:\/\/www.allendowney.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screenshot-at-2019-01-18-09-56-35-604x6.png 604w, https:\/\/www.allendowney.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screenshot-at-2019-01-18-09-56-35.png 724w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Newer books<\/h3>\n<p>The following are some newer books (or at least new to me).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/serialmentor.com\/dataviz\/visualizing-associations.html\">Fundamentals of Data Visualization<\/a>, by Claus O. Wilke (online preview of a book forthcoming from O&#8217;Reilly)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/socviz.co\/\">Data Visualization: A practical introduction<\/a> Kieran Healy (free online draft)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crcpress.com\/Data-Visualization-Charts-Maps-and-Interactive-Graphics\/Grant\/p\/book\/9781138707603\">Data Visualization: Charts, Maps, and Interactive Graphics<\/a> Robert Grant<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/29200705-data-visualisation\">Data Visualisation: A Handbook for Data Driven Design<\/a> by Andy Kirk<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/28465052-dear-data\">Dear Data<\/a> by Giorgia Lupi, Stefanie Posavec<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-143\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allendowney.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screenshot-at-2019-01-18-09-56-35-300x3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"3\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allendowney.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screenshot-at-2019-01-18-09-56-35-300x3.png 300w, https:\/\/www.allendowney.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screenshot-at-2019-01-18-09-56-35-604x6.png 604w, https:\/\/www.allendowney.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screenshot-at-2019-01-18-09-56-35.png 724w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Established books<\/h3>\n<p>The following are more established books that appear\u00a0on most lists.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/13705587-the-functional-art\">The Functional Art: An Introduction to Information Graphics and Visualization<\/a> by Alberto Cairo<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/26401716-the-truthful-art\">The Truthful Art: Data, Charts, and Maps for Communication<\/a> by Alberto Cairo<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/16087610-interactive-data-visualization-for-the-web\">Interactive Data Visualization for the Web<\/a>\u00a0by Scott Murray<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/26535513-storytelling-with-data\">Storytelling with Data: A Data Visualization Guide for Business Professionals<\/a> by Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/7405941-beautiful-visualization\">Beautiful Visualization: Looking at Data through the Eyes of Experts<\/a> by Julie Steele<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/12605872-designing-data-visualizations\">Designing Data Visualizations: Representing Informational Relationships<\/a> by Noah Iliinsky, Julie Steele<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/24865145-visualization-analysis-and-design\">Visualization Analysis and Design<\/a>\u00a0by Tamara Munzner<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/11054622-visualize-this\">Visualize This: The FlowingData Guide to Design, Visualization, and Statistics<\/a> by Nathan Yau<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/16234981-data-points\">Data Points: Visualization That Means Something<\/a> by Nathan Yau<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/543936.Show_Me_the_Numbers\">Show Me the Numbers: Designing Tables and Graphs to Enlighten<\/a> by Stephen Few<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/6534046-now-you-see-it\">Now You See It: Simple Visualization Techniques for Quantitative Analysis<\/a> by Stephen Few<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-143\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allendowney.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screenshot-at-2019-01-18-09-56-35-300x3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"3\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allendowney.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screenshot-at-2019-01-18-09-56-35-300x3.png 300w, https:\/\/www.allendowney.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screenshot-at-2019-01-18-09-56-35-604x6.png 604w, https:\/\/www.allendowney.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screenshot-at-2019-01-18-09-56-35.png 724w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Older books<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/17744.The_Visual_Display_of_Quantitative_Information\">The Visual Display of Quantitative Information<\/a> by Edward R. Tufte<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/18619.The_Elements_of_Graphing_Data\">The Elements of Graphing Data<\/a> by William S. Cleveland<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-143\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allendowney.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screenshot-at-2019-01-18-09-56-35-300x3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"3\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allendowney.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screenshot-at-2019-01-18-09-56-35-300x3.png 300w, https:\/\/www.allendowney.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screenshot-at-2019-01-18-09-56-35-604x6.png 604w, https:\/\/www.allendowney.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screenshot-at-2019-01-18-09-56-35.png 724w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Websites and blogs<\/h3>\n<p>Again, I mostly went for sites that are <em>about<\/em> visualization, rather than examples of it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/junkcharts.typepad.com\/\">Junk Charts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/visual.ly\/blog\/graphic-continuum\/\">The Graphic Continuum<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informationisbeautiful.net\/\">information is beautiful<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.data-to-viz.com\/\">From Data to Viz<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/datavizcatalogue.com\/index.html\">The Data Visualisation Catalogue<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.storytellingwithdata.com\/\">Storytelling with Data<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flowingdata.com\/\">FlowingData<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More references and resources from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/datavizf18.classes.andrewheiss.com\/reference\/\">MPA 635: DATA VISUALIZATION<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-143\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allendowney.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screenshot-at-2019-01-18-09-56-35-300x3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"3\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allendowney.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screenshot-at-2019-01-18-09-56-35-300x3.png 300w, https:\/\/www.allendowney.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screenshot-at-2019-01-18-09-56-35-604x6.png 604w, https:\/\/www.allendowney.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screenshot-at-2019-01-18-09-56-35.png 724w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Videos and podcasts<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AdSZJzb-aX8\">The Art of Data Visualization<\/a> | Off Book | PBS Digital Studios<\/p>\n<p>\ufffc <a href=\"http:\/\/datastori.es\/\">Data Stories<\/a>\u00a0A podcast on data visualization with Enrico Bertini and Moritz Stefaner<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-143\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allendowney.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screenshot-at-2019-01-18-09-56-35-300x3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"3\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allendowney.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screenshot-at-2019-01-18-09-56-35-300x3.png 300w, https:\/\/www.allendowney.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screenshot-at-2019-01-18-09-56-35-604x6.png 604w, https:\/\/www.allendowney.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screenshot-at-2019-01-18-09-56-35.png 724w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Python-specific\u00a0resources<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pythonplot.com\/\">Python Plotting for Exploratory Data Analysis<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/python-graph-gallery.com\/\">The Python Graph Gallery<\/a>\ufffc<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pyviz.org\/\">How to visualize data in Python<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-143\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allendowney.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screenshot-at-2019-01-18-09-56-35-300x3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"3\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allendowney.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screenshot-at-2019-01-18-09-56-35-300x3.png 300w, https:\/\/www.allendowney.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screenshot-at-2019-01-18-09-56-35-604x6.png 604w, https:\/\/www.allendowney.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screenshot-at-2019-01-18-09-56-35.png 724w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting ready for my Data Science class (starting next week!) 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