This third edition textbook on computer graphics includes several new topics as well as numerous improvements, updates, and revisions. New to the text are chapters on implicit modeling, computer graphics in games, color, and visualization, including information visualization. It also includes revised and updated information on the graphics pipeline, improved and expanded coverage of triangle meshes and mesh data structure, and expanded treatment of viewing that improves clarity and consistency while unifying viewing in ray tracing and rasterization. Authors Shirley (senior research scientist, NVIDIA), Marschner (computer science, Cornell U.), and 10 additional writers contributed to the book. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)