wwhy@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (04/30/91)
Does anyone out there have any opinions or comments on the book "Graphics Gems"? I would appreciate if someone could tell me if this book is worth buying. I have Foley&VanDan and was wondering if Graphics Gems had anything in it that would be of interest. Thanks Bill
hollasch@ENUXHA.EAS.ASU.EDU (Steve Hollasch) (04/30/91)
wwhy@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (Bill) writes:
( Does anyone out there have any opinions or comments on the book "Graphics
( Gems"? I would appreciate if someone could tell me if this book is worth
( buying. I have Foley&VanDan and was wondering if Graphics Gems had anything
( in it that would be of interest.
I really haven't heard any bad opinions of the book; I HAVE heard a
lot of glowing praise though. Personally, it's one of my favorite
graphics books.
I recommend that you find a copy and and browse for a minute. That
should convince you (sort of like eating M&M's). I highly recommend this
book.
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Steve Hollasch / Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona)
hollasch@enuxha.eas.asu.edu / uunet!mimsy!oddjob!noao!asuvax!enuxha!hollaschrobert@texas.asd.sgi.com (Robert Skinner) (05/01/91)
In article <1991Apr29.195552.4343@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>, wwhy@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes: |> Does anyone out there have any opinions or comments on the book "Graphics |> Gems"? I would appreciate if someone could tell me if this book is worth |> buying. I have Foley&VanDan and was wondering if Graphics Gems had anything |> in it that would be of interest. |> Thanks |> Bill I've only heard good things about it. It has lots of details that any textbook necessarily has to gloss over. BTW: some time ago, someone mentioned a computer book club that was offering 3 books for $5 when you join, and Graphic Gems and the RayTracing book were available. Could anyone tell me what issue of what magazine that offer was in? thanks, Robert Skinner robert@sgi.com How much sin can I get away with and still go to heaven?
sw@mdavcr.UUCP (Scott Wood) (05/01/91)
In article <1991Apr30.173600.1385@fido.wpd.sgi.com> robert@sgi.com writes: >BTW: some time ago, someone mentioned a computer book club that was >offering 3 books for $5 when you join, and Graphic Gems and the >RayTracing book were available. Could anyone tell me what issue of >what magazine that offer was in? I haven't seen one for both Graphic Gems & Raytracing, but the Feb '91 issue of Scientific American has an offer for the Library Of Science that includes Graphic Gems. It cost me about $10 (canadian) including shipping to get Graphics Gems and one other book on Chaos. (Graphics Gems counted as 2 selections) scott -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scott Wood ...!uunet!van-bc!mdavcr!sw sw%mda.ca@wimsey.bc.ca sw@mda.ca