Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice in C (2nd Edition)

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Summary: Most thorough book on theoretical computer graphics
Review: This was an incredibly thorough book and one I would recommend without any hesitation. It covered every area I was aware of in graphical programming and design, and even introduced me to several new concepts. I strugled with most all of the math, but this is understandable, as I am a softmore in High School and have only completed Geometry level math and the target audience of this book would be Computer Science majors in college or above. Also, some of the rendering information for the general 3D pipeline is not congruent with DirectX's implementation of the rendering pipeline, causing some problems when you go to put the information to use and end up having to learn something somewhat different... However, this is not really a problem because once you have the concept of 3 dimensional rendering down, you can easily learn to adapt it to different implementations. Bravo authors, Bravo! This is probably the most important book in my library besides Seve McConnel's Code Complete ;).

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Summary: Next edition slated for 2000...
Review: which means it will be published this year (1999) some time