Annex: References

Reference note

This annex will gather the main references that inform the book.

I will expand it progressively, especially with foundational books on data visualization, graphical integrity, statistical graphics, and visual reasoning.

Foundational works to include

This section is reserved for classic and influential references, including the work of Edward Tufte and other major authors whose books shaped the principles of data visualization over time.

Foundational classics

• Bertin, J. (1983). Semiology of Graphics: Diagrams, Networks, Maps. University of Wisconsin Press. (Original French edition: Sémiologie Graphique, Gauthier-Villars, 1967.)
• Tukey, J. W. (1977). Exploratory Data Analysis. Addison-Wesley.
• Tufte, E. R. (1983). The Visual Display of Quantitative Information. Graphics Press.
• Tufte, E. R. (1997). Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative. Graphics Press.
• Wilkinson, L. (2005). The Grammar of Graphics (2nd ed.). Springer.

Other important books

• Ware, C. (2012). Information Visualization: Perception for Design (3rd ed.). Morgan Kaufmann.
• Few, S. (2012). Show Me the Numbers: Designing Tables and Graphs to Enlighten (2nd ed.). Analytics Press.
• Munzner, T. (2014). Visualization Analysis and Design. CRC Press.
• Knaflic, C. N. (2015). Storytelling with Data: A Data Visualization Guide for Business Professionals. Wiley.
• Cairo, A. (2016). The Truthful Art: Data, Charts, and Maps for Communication. New Riders.
• Cairo, A. (2019). How Charts Lie: Getting Smarter about Visual Information. W. W. Norton.

Reference scope

For now, this annex lists only book references. I will later expand it with articles and papers where they are useful for specific rules, examples, or historical context.