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In Data Sketches, Nadieh Bremer and Shirley Wu document the deeply collaborative, deeply creative process behind 24 unique data visualization projects, spanning 12 different topics. The book provides

In Data Sketches, Nadieh Bremer and Shirley Wu document the deeply collaborative, deeply creative process behind 24 unique data visualization projects, spanning 12 different topics. The book provides

Martin Gardner has entertained the world with his puzzles for decades and inspired countless mathematicians and scientists. As he rounds out another decade, his colleagues are paying him tribute with

In broad terms, computer graphics (CG) is the use of computers to create images. This title introduces some of the most useful techniques for global and local illumination using geometric descriptions

Many companies now offer robots geared to the casual electronics hobbyist. This consumer guide helps readers to find the right robot, whether it's too hard to assemble or too easy to be challenging.

Here, Andrew Glassner opens his notebook and invites readers into a wide range of stimulating explorations of art, nature and computer graphics. The text is accessible and informal, alongside images i

With the development of the next generation Web architecture, the Semantic Web, a new generation of markup languages poised to unleash the power, flexibility, and above all logic, of the next generati

This is a text on games and how to play them intelligently. In this volume, the authors examine games played in clubs, giving case studies for coin and paper-and-pencil games, such as Dots-and-Boxes a

Provides a walkthrough of the Torque Game Engine. This book provides clear explanations of how to use Torque to create your own games and detailed discussions of the engine's inner workings. It offers

This book encourages students to think about mathematics rather than simply plugging numbers into equations to crank out answers.

This book is written for engineers and other practitioners using numerical methods in their work and serves as a textbook for courses in applied mathematics and numerical analysis.

The selected contributions in this volume originated at the Sundance conference, which was devoted to discussions of current work in the area of free resolutions. The papers include new research, not

Hex is a classic board game and this title provides a look at the game, from its history and mathematical underpinnings to discussions of advanced playing techniques. It is a book on strategy, and pro

Women are usually more in touch with their emotions than men and more readily seek help from professional sources when they encounter stress. The response they meet from doctors and other helping prof

In this thoroughly updated second edition, the book explores new techniques and example tessellations, with full-page images, and mathematical analysis of the patterns. A reader will, through practice

In this thoroughly updated second edition, the book explores new techniques and example tessellations, with full-page images, and mathematical analysis of the patterns. A reader will, through practice

This is a beginner’s guide to learning and implementing the essential aspects of modeling organic objects and using an organic workflow to model anything. This book gives an aspiring modeler all the t

This comprehensive introductory computer graphics textbook focuses on conceptual aspects of computer graphics, covering the fundamental mathematical models as well as the inherent problems encountere

As computers proliferate and as the field of computer graphics matures, it has become increasingly important for computer scientists to understand how users perceive and interpret computer graphics. E

Computer graphics is a vast field that is becoming larger every day. It is impossible to cover every topic of interest, even within a specialization such as CG rendering. For many years, Noriko Kurachi has reported on the latest developments for Japanese readers in her monthly column for CG World. Being something of a pioneer herself, she selected topics that represented original and promising new directions for research. Many of these novel ideas are the topics covered in The Magic of Computer Graphics.Starting from the basic behavior of light, the first section of the book introduces the most useful techniques for global and local illumination using geometric descriptions of an environment. The second section goes on to describe image-based techniques that rely on captured data to do their magic. In the final section, the author looks at the synthesis of these two complementary approaches and what they mean for the future of computer graphics.

Geometry processing, or mesh processing, is a fast-growing area of research that uses concepts from applied mathematics, computer science, and engineering to design efficient algorithms for the acqui

This practical, hands-on book demonstrates how to create gorgeous and expressive imagery with the Processing programming language and environment. Processing is an accessible language even to non-pro

Using Unreal Engine 3, this book teaches aspiring game makers the fundamentals of designing a computer game. The only prerequisite is a basic working knowledge of computers and a desire to build an o

The common theme in this practical, hands-on collection is experience. The contributors write based on their knowledge and skill in developing tools and runtime libraries either in game companies or

This popular account of set theory and mathematical logic introduces the reader to modern ideas about infinity and their implications for mathematics.It unifies ideas from set theory and mathematical

This book traces the history of the MIT Department of Mathematics-one of the most important mathematics departments in the world-through candid, in-depth, lively conversations with a select and diver

In On the Way to Fun, Roberto Dillon (DigiPen Singapore) provides game designers with a useful tool to understand how to craft an immersive gameplay by engaging players emotionally to deliver an exci

In this introduction to real analysis, a branch of mathematical analysis dealing with the set of real numbers and their operations, Paul Zorn (St. Olaf College) aims to develop ideas already familiar

This book explains how to use the new symbolic differentiation system D* for applications in computer games and engineering simulation.The development of D* is significant because it is a faster way

Level design is the creation of levels-locales, stages, or missions-in a video game. Level design is as much an art as it is a science; it requires artistic skills and know-how as well as an extensiv

This package includes a DVD of two award-winning computer animations of mathematical concepts and theorems, as well as supplementary material.Not Knot This animation is a guided tour into computer-ani

Written for graduate students in mathematics or non-specialist mathematicians who wish to learn the basics about some of the most important current research in the field, this book provides an intens

The authors show that there are underlying mathematical reasons for why games and puzzles are challenging (and perhaps why they are so much fun). They also show that games and puzzles can serve as po

This classic text serves as a tool for self-study; it is also used as a basic text for undergraduate courses in differential geometry.The author’s ability to extract the essential elements of the theo

This text covers partial differential equations (PDEs) of mathematical physics and boundary value problems, trigonometric Fourier series, and special functions. This is the core content of many course

This collection, with 17 carefully selected contributions on the field of complex dynamics and adjacent fields, helps people get an overview of the active field of complex dynamics in its current scop

Drawing from the "Mathematicians" in the congress' name the author focuses on the human side of the congress rather than on the scientific material presented at those congresses. Cubera addresses suc

This richly illustrated book discusses non-Euclidean geometry and the hyperbolic plane in an accessible way. The author provides instructions for how to crochet models of the hyperbolic plane, pseudos

Concentrating on the "nuts and bolts" of writing ray tracing programs, this new and revised edition emphasizes practical and implementation issues and takes the reader through all the details needed

Keith Devlin and Jonathan Borwein, two well-known mathematicians with expertise in different mathematical specialties but with a common interest in experimentation in mathematics, have joined forces t