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W. Playfair (2005). Playfair's commerical and political atlas and statistical breviary. Introduced and annotated by Howard Wainer and Ian Spence. New York: Cambridge University Press. 248 pages. US$ 39.99. ISBN: 978-0-5218-5554-9. - H. Wainer (2000). Visual revelations: Graphical tales of fate and deception from Napoleon Bonaparte to Ross Perot. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. 189+iii pages. US$ 75.00. ISBN: 0-8058-3878-3. - H. Wainer (2005). Graphic discovery: A trout in the milk and other visual adventures. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 192+xi pages. US$ 29.95. ISBN: 0-691-10301-1.

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W. Playfair (2005). Playfair's commerical and political atlas and statistical breviary. Introduced and annotated by Howard Wainer and Ian Spence. New York: Cambridge University Press. 248 pages. US$ 39.99. ISBN: 978-0-5218-5554-9.

H. Wainer (2000). Visual revelations: Graphical tales of fate and deception from Napoleon Bonaparte to Ross Perot. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. 189+iii pages. US$ 75.00. ISBN: 0-8058-3878-3.

H. Wainer (2005). Graphic discovery: A trout in the milk and other visual adventures. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 192+xi pages. US$ 29.95. ISBN: 0-691-10301-1.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Leland Wilkinson*
Affiliation:
Northwestern University

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