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Hate pie charts? Then grab Howard Wainer鈥檚 Visual Revelations with its
gripping subtitle, 鈥淕raphic Tales of Fate and Deception鈥�. It鈥檚 a readable and
highly informative guide on how to add elegance, grace and impact to data
presentation. His examples are fascinating, ranging from Florence Nightingale鈥檚
roses to an analysis of the Challenger shuttle disaster, though his asides may
leave you wondering whether he spent a little too long in the library. A
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Springer-Verlag, 拢25/$35, ISBN 038794902X.