[Picture of E.R. Tufte]Edward R. Tufte  Edward R. Tufte
Computer Literacy Bookshops Interview, 1994-1997  Prof. Tufte
has long been one of our store's favorite authors, a writer
whose intellect and books receive unanimous raves from those
familiar with them. In one of the more unusual honors given him,
The Utne Reader featured Tufte in a 1995 article '100
Visionaries Who Could Change Your Life', listing him with
leading figures from politics, the media, and other walks of
life.  I've twice had the privilege of interviewing Tufte. The
first time was in 1994, over sushi and sake, after a talk at our
San Jose store in which he passed around his personal copy of an
original Galileo manuscript. The second time was in January
1997, when his long-awaited third book came out (reviewed in
this issue). I've meshed both interviews together for smoother
'flow'. --- Dan Doernberg  CLB: You speak of your work as
"Information Design"... please tell us about that field.  Tufte:
The wonder of Information Design is that I can