'Envisioning Information' by Edward Tufte : evolt.org, Reviews & Links:

"The principles of information design are universal - like mathematics - and are not tied to unique features of a particlar language or culture. Consequently, our examples are widely distributed in space and time: illustrations come from 17 countries and 7 centuries, and, for that matter, 3 planets and one star. "
- posted by Yik Sheng @ 4:17 PM