This book presents a unique foundation for producing almost every quantitative graphic found in statistical packages, scientific journals and data visualization... » 

This book presents a unique foundation for producing almost every quantitative graphic found in statistical packages, scientific journals and data visualization systems. While the tangible results of this work have been several visualization software libraries, this book focuses on the deep structures involved in producing quantitative graphics from data. What are the rules that underlie the production of pie charts, bar charts, scatterplots. This 2nd edition is almost twice the size of the original, with six new chapters and substantial revision. «