The book "Visual explanation: images and numbers, data and narrative" - about the image of actions, mechanisms, movement, process, dynamics, causes and consequences, explanations and narratives. Practices and examples discussed in the book: statistical graphs, diagrams for making important decisions in technology and medicine, technical manuals, diagrams, computer interfaces, websites and online manuals, animation and scientific visualization, negotiation techniques, developing strategies for increasing the speed of data receipt in print, presentations, on computer screens. The impact of visual data on the decision to launch the Challenger shuttle is examined in detail. Freeze frames show how a supercomputer visualizes a thunderstorm. The book is designed and printed based on the most stringent requirements.