Tufte to talk on Illinois campus April 1, 2014 Share this page: Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Email Edward Tufte, data theorist and visualization pioneer, will discuss seeing, reasoning, producing in science and art. Topics include evidence and inference, strategies for identifying excellence, and practical advice for seeing better in the real world and on the glowing flat rectangle of the computer screen. Tufte will present “The Thinking Eye” at the University of Illinois’ Foellinger Auditorium on April 10 at 7:00 p.m. Disclaimer: Due to changes in website systems, we've adjusted archived content to fit the present-day site and the articles will not appear in their original published format. Formatting, header information, photographs and other illustrations are not available in archived articles. News Archive