Jim Blinn's corner : notation, notation, notation /
The third entry in the Jim Blinn's Corner series, this is, like the others, a handy compilation of selected installments of his influential column. But here, for the first time, you get the "Director's Cut" of the articles: revised, expanded, and enhanced versions of the original...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; Boston :
Morgan Kaufmann Publishers,
[2003]
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| Series: | Morgan Kaufmann series in computer graphics and geometric modeling.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book Publisher description Table of contents |
| Summary: | The third entry in the Jim Blinn's Corner series, this is, like the others, a handy compilation of selected installments of his influential column. But here, for the first time, you get the "Director's Cut" of the articles: revised, expanded, and enhanced versions of the originals. What's changed? Improved mathematical notation, more diagrams, new solutions. What remains the same? All the things you've come to rely on: straight answers, irreverent style, and innovative thinking. This is Jim Blinn at his bestnow even better. Highlights <ul><li>Features 21 expanded and updated installments of "Jim Blinn's Corner," dating from 1995 to 2001, and never before published in book form. <li>Includes "deleted scenes"tangential explorations that didn't make it into the original columns. <li>Details how Blinn represented planets in his famous JPL flyby animations. <li>Explores a wide variety of other topics, from the concrete to the theoretical: assembly language optimization for parallel processors, exotic usage of C++ template instantiation, algebraic geometry, a graphical notation for tensor contraction, and his hopes for a future world.</ul> *Features 21 expanded and updated installments of "Jim Blinn's Corner," dating from 1995 to 2001, and never before published in book form. *Includes "deleted scenes"tangential explorations that didn't make it into the original columns. *Details how Blinn represented planets in his famous JPL flyby animations. *Explores a wide variety of other topics, from the concrete to the theoretical: assembly language optimization for parallel processors, exotic usage of C++ template instantiation, algebraic geometry, a graphical notation for tensor contraction, and his hopes for a future world. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | viii, 327 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781558608603 1558608605 |