> Many of the models for thinking and working that we compose are based upon
> two dimensional diagrams. snip . Do you feel
> that this has restricted the ideas of the model-makers?
>
> Hank Heath
Yes, we live in a high dimension space yet much of our graphics are
confined to a flat world. This is a major challange for information
design. Tufte, _The Visual Display of Quantitative Information_ and
_Envisioning Information_, expresses it very well, and gives some example of
elegant solutions.
I have found the Scatter Plot Matrix to be extremely valuable, and
more easily understood by the average person, than more highpowered
tools such as Principal Components and Rotating Scatter Plots.
-- Tom Johnson tom_johnson@ncsu.edu tel: (919) 515 4620 fax: (919) 515 1794 Box 8109 18A Patterson Hall North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 27695-8109