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Meet Edward Tufte, The Man Who Is Revolutionizing The Way We See Data

Edward Tufte

First Posted: 05/13/11 04:47 PM ET Updated: 07/13/11 06:12 AM ET

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One day in the spring of 2009, Edward Tufte, the statistician and graphic design theorist, took the train from his home in Cheshire, Connecticut, to Washington, D.C., for a meeting with a few members of the Obama administration.

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One day in the spring of 2009, Edward Tufte, the statistician and graphic design theorist, took the train from his home in Cheshire, Connecticut, to Washington, D.C., for a meeting with a few members ...
One day in the spring of 2009, Edward Tufte, the statistician and graphic design theorist, took the train from his home in Cheshire, Connecticut, to Washington, D.C., for a meeting with a few members ...
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