Andrew Glassner's Notebook

Inside, you'll gain lasting insights into the principles of computer graphics-not
instruction in program-specific techniques but a deep and broad understanding of how
to approach the visual world in terms of geometry, patterns, and relationships. And
the story doesn't end there. To help you put this understanding to work, Glassner
grounds these principles in dozens of detailed examples drawn from a wide variety
of fields, ranging from traditional modeling and rendering, to more exotic subjects
like tiling, Moire patterns, and more. Broad in scope yet rich in specifics, Andrew
Glassner's Notebook delivers stimulating challenges and even greater rewards.

Features:

• Collects three years' worth of insights and expands this original work with an
  all-new introductory chapter, corrections, updates, and clarifications
  
• Filled with hundreds of full-color images
  
• Carries traditional computer graphics techniques and applications into new
  territory, covering topics drawn from science, the arts, and other fields
  
• Provides detailed information on building beautiful and unusual physical models
  
• Illustrates the realities of the research process, illustrating some of the dead
  ends encountered in the search for a good solution to a problem
  
• Lets you avoid most math and clearly explains what little is required
  

Table of contents

Preface
Chapter 1:
Solar Halos and Sun Dogs
Chapter 2:
Frieze Groups
Chapter 3:
Origami Polyhedra
Chapter 4:
Going the Distance
Chapter 5:
Situation Normal
Chapter 6:
Signs of Significance
Chapter 7:
Net Results
Chapter 8:
The Perils of Problematic Parameterization
Chapter 9:
Inside Moire Patterns
Chapter 10:
Upon Reflection
Chapter 11:
Circular Reasoning
Chapter 12:
Aperiodic Tiling
Chapter 13:
Know When to Fold
Chapter 14:
The Triangular Manuscripts
Chapter 15:
Polygons Under the Covers
Chapter 16:
String Crossings
Index