It has been 6 years since the first edition was published. A lot has changed in the world of statistical graphics during this time, which is reflected in the substantial new material in the second edition. Major changes include a chapter specifically devoted to the ggplot2 package and a new large section describing the many available graphics packages and tools in R (R Development Core Team 2011). In our review of the first book we described this book as an excellent technical introduction to drawing graphics with R – the changes make this book the essential and comprehensive guide to graphics in R.
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