“Ivy League Rock and Roll: Edward Tufte, the world’s most renowned visualization expert, holds legendary information design courses. I recently was among the hundreds that flock to each of his live performances. What an experience! Tufte’s seminars are legendary. Anyone who deals with data and visualization on a professional level knows his books. Today in Washington’s Crystal Forum many participants come from government agencies and military institutions. There are also several students whose majors range from information technology and graphic design to economics, biology and medicine. Some, balancing notebooks on their laps, will take detailed notes so that they can fully absorb Tufte’s messages later at home. He gently takes an awe-striking original from Galileo Galilei or a centuries-old copy of Euclid’s scripts and proceeds to carry it down the aisle. Later, one of his assistants will also walk through the auditorium with one of these precious books in hand.” – Nicolas Bissantz
