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In “Visual Explanations” http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_visex http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_visex Edward Tufte wrote a must-read analysis of wh
by ctdonath 15y ago
In “Visual Explanations” http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_visex http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_visex Edward Tufte wrote a must-read analysis of why admonitions to postpone the launch were ignored.
- baconner 15y agoThat's one of my two must reads on this incident. I can't think of a better examples of how visualization illiteracy can contribute to disaster. The other one is Feynman's account of the investigation afterwards http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0553347845 http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0553347845
- gammarator 15y agoBoisjoly and others have argued that Tufte's criticism is misguided, as he misunderstands the engineering: http://people.rit.edu/wlrgsh/FINRobison.pdf http://people.rit.edu/wlrgsh/FINRobison.pdf . Shorter blog summary here: http://eagereyes.org/criticism/tufte-and-the-truth-about-the-challenger http://eagereyes.org/criticism/tufte-and-the-truth-about-the...