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Books: Text Books: Graphics and Visualization
Meggs' History of Graphic Designby Philip Meggs and Alston W. Purvis List Price: $75.00 Available from Amazon $69.53 On 7-21-2006 
See Item's Page The New York Times A significant attempt at a comprehensive history of graphic designit will be an eye-opener not only for general readers, but for designers who have been unaware of their legacy. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Critique Magazine, Pamela Williams, Spring 1997 With this book, Meggs made it easier for designers to envision their work in terms of history. The final pages of each edition attempt to put young designers into historical context, perhaps before their influence can be accurately assessed. Although some may argue that it's an effort to control history rather than report it, this book makes for a lively debate. A history of Graphic Design, now in its third edition, stands as a monumental contribution to the field. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. |
State of the Art in Computer Graphics: Visualization and Modelingby David F. Rogers and Rae A. Earnshaw Available from Amazon $155.00 On 7-21-2006 
See Item's Page Book Description This is the third volume derived from the State of the art research Institute in Computer Graphics held at the University of Edinburgh each year. This edition differs markedly from the earlier books in that all of the material actually covers state-of-the-art research topics - there is no introductory material. topics covered include: Graphics Algorithms for Parallel Machines, Radiosity, Interpolation for Polygon Texture Mapping and Shading, Modelling Tolls, Combinational Solid Geome try. All of the contributions are by internationally renowned researchers, and this volume will be welcomed by other researchers, as well as university professors, graduate students, and computer graphics practitioners (programmers and systems engineers). |
Technical Graphics Communication, 3rd editionby Gary Robert Bertoline, Eric N Wiebe, and Eric Wiebe Available from Amazon $126.25 On 7-21-2006 
See Item's Page Book Description In its third edition, Technical Graphics Communication,, has become a standard in the field of engineering and technical graphics. This text presents both traditional and modern approaches to technical graphics, providing engineering and technology students with a strong foundation in standard drafting practices and techniques. A strong emphasis on design and industry is found throughout, reinforcing the real and practical ways that technical graphics skills are used in real companies. |
The Education of a Graphic Designerby Steven Heller List Price: $18.95 Available from Amazon $13.26 On 7-21-2006
See Item's Page Book Description This compelling collection of essays, interviews, and course syllabi examines how changing professional standards in graphic design have revolutionized the way design is taught, learned, and practiced. Forty-two top designers and educators talk theory, offer proposals, and discuss a wide range of educational concerns, from the dichotomies between theory and practice to the importance of mastering traditional media versus the need to learn new media and remain flexible in a changing world. Included are twenty-six essays; interviews in which such notables as Milton Glaser, April Greiman, Louis Danziger, and Sheila de Bretteville uncover how they acquired their knowledge of design and translated it into their careers; and a diverse and stimulating selection of course syllabi designed for the increasingly specialized needs of both undergraduate and graduate students. Contributors: Roy R. Behrens, Andrew Blauvelt, Max Bruinsma, Jay Chapman, Moira Cullen, Paula J. Curran, Louis Danziger, Meredith Davis, Sheila de Bretteville, Johanna Drucker, Lisa Fontaine, Geoffry Fried, Milton Glaser, Michael Golec, April Greiman, Sylvia Harris, Lorraine Justice, Jeffery Keedy, Julie Lasky, Christopher Lenk, Ellen Lupton, Victor Margolin, Katherine McCoy, Ellen McMahon, J. Abbott Miller, Sharyn O'Mara, Rick Poynor, Chris Pullman, Michael Rock, Katie Salen, Douglass Scott, Stephen Skaggs, Virginia Smith, Deborah Sussman, Gunnar Swanson, Ellen Mazur Thomson, Michael Vanderbyl, Karen White, Lorraine Wild, Richard Wilde, Judith Wilde, and Michael Worthington. Co-published with the School of Visual Arts.
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Getting Started with MATLAB 5, A Quick Introduction for Scientists and Engineersby Rudra Pratap Available from Amazon $34.00 On 7-21-2006 
See Item's Page Book Description MATLAB, a software package for high-performance numerical computation and visualization, is one of the most widely used tools for science and engineering applications. Its broad appeal lies in its interactive environment with hundreds of built-in functions for technical computation, graphics, and animation. It also provides easy extensibility with its own high-level programming language. Getting Started with MATLAB 5: A Quick Introduction for Scientists and Engineers gets students started in MATLAB quickly and easily, in a few short hours. Chapters one and two provide a thorough introduction to the basics and five self-guided lessons. Remaining chapters cover useful and interesting elementary, advanced, and special MATLAB functions. Book Info Designed to get the reader started using MATLAB quickly and easily in just a few hours. Features the latest release of MATLAB (5.2) but can be used with earlier versions as well. Softcover. |
Geometric Tools for Computer Graphics (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Graphics)by Philip Schneider and David H. Eberly Available from Amazon $79.95 On 7-21-2006
See Item's Page Product Review Reinventing the wheel is a terrible waste of time, yet legions of computer programmers do exactly that every day. Geometric Tools for Computer Graphics gives the working graphics programmer a vast collection of programming examples, complex code snippets explained and ready to use. Each chapter is filled with more than just code examples--the explanations needed to understand why these examples work the way they do are given by authors with experience both in writing and in the field. There is nothing here for the casual graphics programmer and everything for the serious 2-D and 3-D programmer. Thirteen chapters, three appendices, and a three-column index that spans over 30 pages cover everything about computer-graphic geometry, from the basics of using matrices and linear systems to intersecting 3-D objects. The appendices alone are worth the price: "Numerical Methods," "Trigonometry," and "Basic Formulas for Geometric Primitives" are treasures filled with hard-core examples of the kind that can be put to use right out of the box. Less experienced programmers will find these to be invaluable references, but then there's the rest of the book--nearly 1,000 pages loaded with examples and theory, page after page of information written in a clear, concise voice. Any hard-core graphics programmer will appreciate the value of the examples presented here, as well as the discussion of theory. After all, there's no need to waste time experimenting with code once the theory is known. Geometric Tools represents the best of both worlds: discussion of theory and code examples built on and culled from years of experience. --Mike Caputo
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Data Analysis and Graphics Using Rby John Maindonald, John Braun, R. Gill, and B. D. Ripley List Price: $73.00 Available from Amazon $57.99 On 7-21-2006
See Item's Page Product Review 'The strength of the book is in the extensive examples of practical data analysis with complete examples of the R code necessary to carry out the analyses I would strongly recommend the book to scientists who have already had a regression or a linear models course and who wish to learn to use R I give it a strong recommendation to the scientist or data analyst who wishes to an easy-to-read and an understandable reference on the use of R for practical data analysis.' R News 'This book does an excellent job of describing the basics of a variety of statistical tools, both classical and modern, through examples from a wide variety of disciplines the book's writing style is very readable, with clear explanations and precise introductions of all topics and terminology the book also provides a wealth of examples from various physical and social sciences, engineering, and medicine that have been effectively chosen to illustrate not only the basics of the statistical methods, but also some of the interesting subtleties of the analyses that may require careful interpretation and discussion I believe that they have created a readable book that is rich with clear explanations and illustrative examples of the capability of a diverse set of tools. the packaging of the material with the R language is natural, and the extensive web page of resources complement the book's usefulness for a road audience of statisticians and practitioners.' Biometrics 'This book does an excellent job of describing the basics of a variety of statistical tools, both classical and modern, through examples from a wide variety of disciplines With its focus on ideas and concepts, rather than an extensive formula-based presentation, the book finds a nice balance between discussing statistical concepts and teaching the basics of the freely-available statistical package R a readable book that is rich with clear explanations and illustrative examples of the capability of a diverse set of tools. the packaging of the material with the R language is natural, and the extensive web page of resources complement the book's usefulness for a broad audience of statisticians and practitioners.' journal of the American Statistical Association Book Description Using modern statistical software systems requires training both in the software itself and in the underlying statistical methods. Concentrating on the freely available R system, this volume demonstrates recently implemented approaches and methods in statistical analysis. The authors introduce elementary concepts in statistics through examples of real-world data analysis drawn from their experience as teachers and as consultants. R code and data sets for all examples are available on the Internet. This emphasis on practical methodology combined with a tutorial approach makes the book accessible to anyone with a knowledge of undergraduate-level statistics. The methods demonstrated are suitable for use in a wide variety of disciplines, from social sciences to medicine, engineering and science. |
Creativity for Graphic Designers: A Real-World Guide to Idea Generation--From Defining Your Message to Selecting the Best Idea for Your...by Mark Oldach List Price: $19.99 Available from Amazon $13.59 On 7-21-2006
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