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The
Geometry Toolbox
for Graphics and Modeling
by Gerald
Farin & Dianne
Hansford
published by AK
Peters, Ltd. 1998
288
pages, ISBN: 1-56881-074-1
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Reviews
We are quite appreciative
and rather pleased with the reviews and feedback of readers of The
Geometry Toolbox. Below we list where reviews may be found, and
we have supplied excerpts from a few reviews. Originals (or scanned
originals) will be posted in the near future.
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Review
Excerpts:
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Written
in a deceptively easy-to-read style, ... this textbook provides
a solid foundation in the mathematics needed for graphics
and modeling. ....
The clarity of the style and the geometric nature of each
explanation by themselves makes this text an important reference.
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--P.
Samella
in Computing Reviews September 1998
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I
am writing an intro computer science text and am reading all
the other basic texts. Your new geometry toolbox book is TERRIFIC.
--Peter Shirley
School of Computing
University of Utah
email correspondence
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This
book has a number of important advantages. First, the book
provides intuition into the vector meaning of transformations
and manipulations. Furthermore, ...
--A.
Fischer
Dept. of Mechanical Eng.
CMSR Lab. for Computer Graphics and CAD
Technion- Israel Inst. of Technology
in Computer
Aided Design
vol 32, issue 4, 2000
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Your
book, The Geometry Toolbox, is without a doubt one of the
best written pedagogical works I've ever read and certainly
the best in geometry.
--Lewis Stiller
email correspondence
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...I
am working on a Masters of Computer Science at Syracuse University.
I also work at Lockheed Martin on a trainer/simulator for
a sonar system ....
I found your book at the SU math library. Is excellent. Part
of my job involves contact geometry and I have found your
book to be helpful. I like the fact that it is done in postscript.
Some of the best looking books ever are done in postscript.
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On my own time, I am a 2D/3D hobbiest. I have various books
on OpenGL and Java graphics programming and VRML. Your book
will come in handy for this also.
--David
Danner
email corresponance
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Review
Sources:
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A. Fischer.
A graphical view of linear algebra, Computer-Aided
Design, vol 32, issue 4, April 2000. |
American
Mathematical Monthly, Feb. 1999. |
Mathematical
Reviews, Issue 99d. |
P. Sabella.
Computing Reviews, September 1998, p. 464-5. |
Johannes
Wallner. Zentralblatt fuer Mathematik, issue 899, 1999. |
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