Animation and Scientific Visualization: Tools and Applications - Hardcover

 
9780122277450: Animation and Scientific Visualization: Tools and Applications
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0122277457 ISBN 13: 9780122277450
Publisher: Academic Press, 1993

Synopsis


During the past decade the field of computer graphics has undergone a significant evolution as the development of new tools and techniques has made possible the production of an increasingly sophisticatedand multifaceted array of visualizations-from animation to virtual environments. Animation and Scientific Visualization: Tools and Applications provides a comprehensive overview of the tools and techniques involved in these applications, with an emphasis on practical examples and experiences, and 32 pages of full-color plates. This book enables readers to see how animation and scientific visualization are invaluable aids to scientists and researchers.

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About the Author

Rae Earnshaw is Head of the Electronic Imaging and Media Communications unit at the University of Bradford, with interests in graphics algorithms, scientific visualization, graphics standards, workstations and display technology, multimedia, CAD/CAM, graphics systems building, education issues and human-computer interface issues. He has been a Visiting Professor at Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, NorthwesternPolytechnical University, China, and George Washington University, Washington DC. He was a Director of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Theoretical Foundations of Computer Graphics and CAD held in Italy in 1987. He is a member of the ACM, IEEE, CGS,EG, and a Fellow of the British Computer Society. Earnshaw has authored and edited 18 books on graphics algorithms, computer graphics, visualization, and associated topics, and published a number of papers in these areas. Professor Earnshaw is a member ofthe Editorial Board of The Visual Computer, Vice-President of the Computer Graphics Society, and Chair of the British Computer Society Computer Graphics and Displays Group.

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Publisher
Academic Press
Publication date
1993
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0122277457
ISBN 13 
9780122277450
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
336