Product Description: This text deconstructs the process of knowledge discovery and theory construction. Grounded in the tradition of second-order cybernetics, the concept of self-reference is used in the context of systems theory in order to examine the mode in which observation, paradox and delusion become "structurally coupled" with cognition...read more

Product Description: Ian Angell, dubbed "the Angell of Doom" by The (London) Times, lays out his manifesto for the New Barbarians who will lead the economic elite into a Brave New World over the next two decades. He rejects the long-held view of information technology as our benign liberator from mundane work...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This book exploits the combined advantages of an object-orientated approach to programming, the user friendly environment of Borland C++, and the high quality computer graphics achievable with VGA and XGA graphic adapters running on IBM PS/2 (and compatible) machines...read more

Product Description: This book sets the groundwork for advanced computer graphics. It includes program listings, which are a means of describing the algorithms required for the solution of given problems, and covers numerous topics such as matric representation of transformations in two-dimensional space, three-dimensional coordinate geometry, and simple hidden line and surface algorithms...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Describes tools and techniques of computer-generated graphics such as shading, shadows, and transparent surfaces. Includes many program listings and worked examples. The routines (over 100 in all) are written in modular form for ease of interchanging program functions...read more

Product Description: This excellent coverage of solid modelling and rendering offers the serious programmer a practical approach to programming in computer graphics using Fortran 77. All the necessary aspects of computer graphics are clearly presented, including explanations of matrix, voxels, oct, quad, and binary trees, along with discussions of the two main approaches to computer graphics: the polygonal facet approach and the alternative analytical method...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: 46 striking geometric lattice designs drawn by a computer using sets of lines and arcs based on beautiful, centuries-old patterns. Crisp black-and-white illustrations can be used singly or in handsome combinations. Suitable for a myriad of creative applications. Introduction.

Product Description: Presents a comprehensive introduction to computer graphics using BASIC on the IBM PC. Provides in-depth coverage of pixel block and character graphics, video games or low-resolution graphics, the construction of data graphs, two- and three-dimensional graphics, the set-up of complex objects, hidden line and surface algorithms, and perspective and stereoscopic views...read more