Alberto Cairo (Author of How Charts Lie)

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Alberto Cairo is the Knight Chair in Visual Journalism at the School of Communication of the University of Miami. The author of several textbooks, he consults with companies and institutions like Google and the Congressional Budget Office on visualizations. He lives in Miami, Florida.

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	How Charts Lie: Getting Smarter about Visual Information 4.08 avg rating — 1,243 ratings — published 2019 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Functional Art: An introduction to information graphics and visualization 4.19 avg rating — 805 ratings — published 2011 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Truthful Art, The: Data, Charts, and Maps for Communication 4.26 avg rating — 407 ratings — published 2016 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Come i grafici mentono. Capire meglio le informazioni visive by Alberto Cairo, Giancarlo Carlotti (Translator) 3.92 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Art of Insight : How Great Visualization Designers Think by Alberto Cairo, Alyssa Flowers 3.69 avg rating — 26 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Infograf铆a 2.0: Visualizaci贸n interactiva de informaci贸n en prensa 3.54 avg rating — 13 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nerd Journalism: How Data And Digital Technology Transformed News Graphics really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Creating Maps, Charts, and Infographics with Adobe Illustrator really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fabricantes de sue帽os 2002-2003 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Infografia 2.0 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The purpose of infographics and data visualizations is to enlighten people鈥攏ot to entertain them, not to sell them products, services, or ideas, but to inform them. It鈥檚 as simple鈥攁nd as complicated鈥攁s that.”
― Alberto Cairo, Truthful Art, The: Data, Charts, and Maps for Communication

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“between the beginning of time and 2003, humanity generated roughly five exabytes of data, whereas we now produce the same volume of bits every two days.”
― Alberto Cairo, Functional Art, The: An introduction to information graphics and visualization

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“graphics should not simplify messages. They should clarify them, highlight trends, uncover patterns, and reveal realities not visible before.”
― Alberto Cairo, Functional Art, The: An introduction to information graphics and visualization

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