{"product_id":"9783032281227","title":"Making Images with Mathematics From Small Formulas to Digital and Virtual Creativity","description":"\u003ch3\u003eUndergraduate Topics in Computer Science\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eMaking Images with Mathematics\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFrom Small Formulas to Digital and Virtual Creativity\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAlexei Sourin\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eComputers \/ Software Development \u0026amp; Engineering \/ Computer Graphics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003eThis concise textbook teaches readers how to turn geometry into an image on a computer screen. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003eThe exciting journey begins in the schools of the ancient Greek philosophers and describes the major events that changed people’s perceptions of geometry. Readers will learn how to see geometry and colors beyond simple mathematical formulas and how to represent geometric shapes, transformations and motions by digital sampling of various mathematical functions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003eSpecial multiplatform visualization software developed by the author will allow readers to explore the exciting world of visual immersive mathematics, and the book software repository will provide a starting point for their own sophisticated visualization applications.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003eTopics and features now include:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul type=\"disc\"\u003e\r\n\u003cul type=\"disc\"\u003e\r\n\u003cli class=\"xmsonormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003ea section on interactive artistic shape modeling\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli class=\"xmsonormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003ean extended section on interactive shape modeling with ShapeExplorer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli class=\"xmsonormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003ea section on creating models of virtual objects\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli class=\"xmsonormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eexperiments in shape modeling using generative AI \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003eMaking Images with Mathematics \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003eserves as a self-contained text for a one-semester computer graphics and visualization course for computer science and engineering students, as well as a reference manual for researchers and developers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003eDr. \u003cstrong\u003eAlexei Sourin \u003c\/strong\u003eis an associate professor at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and is on the editorial board of the Springer journal, \u003cem\u003eThe Visual Computer\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAlexei Sourin is an established scientist in several areas of computer graphics. He began his research in 1980 with his master’s and PhD projects in computer animation. From 1988, he focused on problems in scientific visualization in physics. In 1993, Dr. Sourin joined the faculty of the renowned Nanyang Technological University in Singapore to teach and conduct research in computer graphics, function representation in solid modeling, virtual reality, human–computer interaction and artificial intelligence in computer vision.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIn 2006, Professor Sourin was awarded the title of Senior Member of the IEEE. In 2012-2018, he served as Chair of the Working Group “Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality” of the International Federation for Information Processing. He is the creator and coordinator of the annual international conference on Cyberworlds, which focuses on various aspects of immersive virtual communities. For a number of years, he has been a member of the Editorial Board of The Visual Computer journal (Springer Nature). He has written several books and book chapters on computer graphics and virtual reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e03 August 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783032281227\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e271\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47983312306316,"sku":"9783032281227","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032281227.jpg?v=1781057290","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783032281227","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}