[Maths-Education] Data Representation Book

[Dave Wilson]

I wonder if someone could help me with the name of a book. It is a 
wonderful classic, almost a coffee table book on the representation 
of data. I cannot  remember either the author's name or enough of the 
title to access it in our library catalogue.
It was heavily advertised on the back pages of LRB for a while 
showing one of the many beautiful diagrams. The one featured 
represented Napoleon's Russian campaign and showed on a single page a 
map of the route to Moscow and back, time information, temperature - 
the onset of Russian winter etc

The author also developed a measure for graphical display - a ratio 
of information to ink used! I seem to recall aonly one mention of pie 
charts, which are promptly dismissed! He also wrote a sequel some 
time later!

Can anyone help with this horrifyingly vague request?
-- 
Dave
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