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 HOWCHARTSLIEWe’veallheardthatapictureisworthathousandwords,butwhatifwedon’tunderstandwhatwe’relookingat?

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Charts,infographics,anddiagramsareubiquitous.Theyareusefulbecausetheycanrevealpatternsandtrendshiddenbehindthenumbersweencounterinourlives.Goodchartsmakeussmarter—ifweknowhowtoreadthem.

However,theycanalsodeceiveus.Chartslieinavarietyofways—displayingincompleteorinaccuratedata,suggestingmisleadingpatterns,andconcealinguncertainty—orarefrequentlymisunderstood.Manyofusareill-equippedtointerpretthevisualsthatpoliticians,journalists,advertisers,andevenouremployerspresenteachday.

‘HowChartsLie’teachesustonotonlyspottheliesindeceptivevisuals,butalsototakeadvantageofgoodones.Inhisnewbook,AlbertoCairodemysti�esanessentialnewliteracy,onethatwillmakeusbetterequippedtonavigateourdata-drivenworld.

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PRAISEFOR‘HOWCHARTSLIE'

WhatcanIsay?I'masuckerforstatisticsexplainedinfunny,engaging,andmathematicallycorrectways,especiallywheneverynowandthenalinelike"chartslietousbecausewearepronetolyingtoourselves"isthrowninwithgoodhumor.Amustreadforanyonewhowantstostayinformed.

CathyO'NeilauthorofWeaponsofMathDestruction

Iwishwelivedinaworldwhereyoudidn’tneedtoreadAlbertoCairo’sHowChartsLie,arobustguidetoself-defenseagainstgraphsandfiguresdesignedtomislead.Buthereweare,andyes,youdo.

JordanEllenbergauthorofHowNottoBeWrong:ThePowerofMathematicalThinking

Thisbookoffersasuccinct,elegant,accessiblelookatthewaysdatacanberepresentedormisrepresentedandisaperfectprimerforanyonewhocaresaboutthedifference.

CharlesWheelanauthorofNakedStatistics:StrippingtheDreadfromtheData

AlbertoCairohaswrittenawise,wittyandutterlybeautifulbook.Youcouldn'thopeforabetterteachertoimproveyourgraphicalliteracy.

TimHarfordauthorofTheUndercoverEconomistandpresenterofMoreorLessintheBBC

ABOUTALBERTOCAIROAlbertoCairoisajournalistanddesigner,andtheKnightChairinVisualJournalismattheSchoolofCommunicationoftheUniversityofMiami(UM).HeisalsothedirectorofthevisualizationprogramatUM’sCenterforComputationalScience.HehasbeenheadofinformationgraphicsatmediapublicationsinSpainandBrazil. 

Theauthorofseveraltextbooks,CairocurrentlyconsultswithcompaniesandinstitutionslikeGoogleandtheCongressionalBudgetOf�ce,andhasprovidedvisualizationtrainingtotheEuropeanUnion,Eurostat,theCentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention,theArmyNationalGuard,andmanyothers.HelivesinMiami,Florida.

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UPCOMINGTALKSANDEVENTSTobookanevent,pleasecontactus

OCT 28 / 2019 / South Hadley, MAMountHolyokeCollege. ‘HowChartsLie’publictalk. Moreinformation

NOV 04 – 05 / 2019 / Girona, SPAIN  FundaciónPrincesa. Moreinformation

NOV 07 – 08 / 2019 / Mexico City, MEXICOCENTRO,SchoolofDesign– CENTROConference. ‘HowChartsLie’publictalk. Moreinformation

NOV 14 – 15 / 2019 / Columbus, OHOhioStateUniversity/TableauUserGroup

NOV 20 / 2019 / Madrid, SPAINBigThings2019.MoreInformation

NOV 27 – 28 / 2019 / Copenhagen, DENMARKUniversityofCopenhagen. Moreinformation

DEC 3 / 2019 / Miami, FLPublictalkattheMiamiDataScienceMeetup.Moreinformation

DEC 11 / 2019 / Miami, FLVizUM,theUniversityofMiamiannualvisualizationsymposium.Freeattendance.Moreinformation

JAN 24-25 / 2020 / Mexico City, MEXICOWorkshopforprofessionals.Signuphere

FEB 20 – 22 / 2020 / Savannah, GAGeorgiaSouthernUniversity– GeorgiaInternationalConferenceonInformationLiteracy

MAR 05 – 08 / 2020 / New Orleans, LA IRE-NICAR. Moreinformation

MAR 26 – 27 / 2020 / Pamplona, SPAINMalofiejInternationalInfographicsSummit.Moreinformationcomingsoon

CONSULTINGANDFREELANCING

AlbertoCairoprovidesvisualizationdesign,trainingandconsultingservices

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Designandartdirection

AlbertoCairohasdesignedvisualizationsfornumerousclients.Since2016,heistheartdirectorofanongoingseriesofvisualizationprojectscreatedforGooglebyartistsfromallovertheworld.

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Consultingandtraining

CairohasprovidedtrainingtoinstitutionssuchastheNationalGuard,theCongressionalBudgetOf�ce,theEuropeanUnion,andtheCentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention.

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BothMicrosoftandGooglehavepro�ledAlbertoCairo.Microsoftwrotethathe’salwaysbeen“atthevanguardofvisualjournalism”

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PRAISEFORALBERTOCAIRO’SWORK

AlbertoCairohasbeenatremendoushelp.Hehostedseveralon-siteseminarsteachingthefundamentalsofdatavisualization.Incorporatingourowndraftwork,hehelpedparticipantsputtheseminarsincontext.AlbertoCairoisbothhighlyeffectiveandpassionateaboutvisualdesign.

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