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Computer Graphics Programming in OpenGL with JAVA

By: V. Scott Gordon,John L. Clevenger

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Computer Graphics Programming in OpenGL with JAVA

By: V. Scott Gordon,John L. Clevenger

This new edition provides step-by-step instruction on modern 3D graphics shader programming in OpenGL, along with its theoretical foundations. It is appropriate both for computer science undergraduate graphics programming courses in degree programs that emphasize Java, and for professionals interested in mastering 3D graphics skills who prefer Java. It has been designed in a 4-color, “teach-yourself” format with numerous examples that the reader can run just as presented. New sections have been added covering soft shadows, performance optimization, Nsight debugging, as well as updated industry-standard libraries and steps for running the examples on a Macintosh. Includes companion files with all of the source code, models, textures, skyboxes and normal maps used in the book. Features: • Includes new sections on implementing soft shadows, performance optimization, and updated tools such as the JOML math library and the NVIDIA® NsightTM debugger. • Covers modern OpenGL 4.0+ shader programming in Java/JOGL, with instructions for both PC/Windows and Macintosh. • Illustrates every technique with complete running code examples. Everything needed to install the libraries and run every example is provided and fully explained. • Includes step-by-step instruction for every GLSL programmable pipeline stage (vertex, tessellation, geometry, and fragment). • Includes companion files with code, object models, figures, and more.

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Mercury Learning and Information

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1683922204

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Computer Graphics Programming in OpenGL With C++

By: V. Scott Gordon,John L. Clevenger

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Computer Graphics Programming in OpenGL With C++

By: V. Scott Gordon,John L. Clevenger

This updated edition includes step-by-step instruction on modern OpenGL 4.0+ GLSL shader programming with C++, along with the theoretical foundations of 3D computer graphics. Every shader stage is explored, from the basics of modeling, textures, lighting, shadows, etc., through advanced techniques such as tessellation, noise maps, water, and stereoscopy. This new edition includes expanded coverage of camera control, refraction, and a new chapter on ray tracing with bounding volume hierarchies for complex models. The companion files include all the source code, shaders, model files, skyboxes, etc., needed to run every example in the book. FEATURES: Covers modern OpenGL 4.0+ GLSL shader programming with C++, and instructions for both PC/Windows and Macintosh Provides complete source code for each example, fully explained along with tips for performance optimization Includes step-by-step instruction for using each GLSL programmable pipeline stage (vertex, tessellation, geometry, and fragment) Designed in a 4-color, “teach-yourself” format with numerous examples that the reader can run just as presented Explores practical examples for modeling, lighting, and shadows (including soft shadows), terrain, water, and 3D materials such as wood and marble Expanded coverage of ray tracing, to include complex models and bounding volume hierarchies Includes companion files with source code, shaders, OBJ models, textures, skydomes, normal maps, high resolution figures, and more

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Stylus Publishing, LLC

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1501519581

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Crafting Constitutional Democracies

The Politics of Institutional Design

By: Edward V. Schneier

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Crafting Constitutional Democracies

The Politics of Institutional Design

By: Edward V. Schneier

By examining the institutions of government through the lens of constitution-making, Crafting Constitutional Democracies provides a broad and insightful introduction to comparative politics. Drawn from a series of lectures given in Jakarta, Indonesia, on the drafting of the U.S. constitution, the book illustrates the problems faced by generations of founders, through numerous historic and contemporary examples. Both Indonesia in 1999 and the United States in 1789 faced the same basic issue: how to construct a central government for a large and diverse nation that allowed the majority of the people to govern themselves without intruding on the rights of minorities. What kinds of institutions make for 'good government'? What factors need to be considered in designing a government? Author Edward Schneier explores these questions through a rich variety of examples from both recent and historic transitions to democracy. Drawing frequently upon the arguments of the American Federalist Papers and more contemporary theories of democratization, Crafting Constitutional Democracies lucidly explores the key questions of how and why democracies succeed and fail. A concluding chapter on constitutional change and decline raises provocative and important questions about the lessons that citizens of the world's older democracies might take from the struggles of the new.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0742530744

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9780742530744

Computer Graphics Programming in OpenGL with C++

By: V Scott Gordon,John L Clevenger

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Computer Graphics Programming in OpenGL with C++

By: V Scott Gordon,John L Clevenger

This updated edition includes step-by-step instruction on modern OpenGL 4.0+ GLSL shader programming with C++, along with the theoretical foundations of 3D computer graphics. Every shader stage is explored, from the basics of modeling, textures, lighting, shadows, etc., through advanced techniques such as tessellation, noise maps, water, and stereoscopy. This new edition includes expanded coverage of camera control, refraction, and a new chapter on ray tracing with bounding volume hierarchies for complex models. The companion files include all the source code, shaders, model files, skyboxes, etc., needed to run every example in the book. FEATURES: Covers modern OpenGL 4.0+ GLSL shader programming with C++, and instructions for both PC/Windows and Macintosh Provides complete source code for each example, fully explained along with tips for performance optimization Includes step-by-step instruction for using each GLSL programmable pipeline stage (vertex, tessellation, geometry, and fragment) Designed in a 4-color, "teach-yourself" format with numerous examples that the reader can run just as presented Explores practical examples for modeling, lighting, and shadows (including soft shadows), terrain, water, and 3Dmaterials such as wood and marble Expanded coverage of ray tracing, to include complex models and bounding volume hierarchies Includes companion files with source code, shaders, OBJ models, textures, skydomes, normal maps, high resolution figures, and more

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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1501519565

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Energy Security, Equality and Justice

By: Benjamin K. Sovacool,Roman V. Sidortsov,Benjamin R. Jones

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Energy Security, Equality and Justice

By: Benjamin K. Sovacool,Roman V. Sidortsov,Benjamin R. Jones

This book applies concepts from ethics, justice, and political philosophy to five sets of contemporary energy problems cutting across time, economics, politics, geography, and technology. In doing so, the authors derive two key energy justice principles from modern theories of distributive justice, procedural justice, and cosmopolitan justice. The prohibitive principle states that "energy systems must be designed and constructed in such a way that they do not unduly interfere with the ability of people to acquire those basic goods to which they are justly entitled." The affirmative principle states that "if any of the basic goods to which people are justly entitled can only be secured by means of energy services, then in that case there is also a derivative entitlement to the energy services." In laying out and employing these principles, the book details a long list of current energy injustices ranging from human rights abuses and energy-related civil conflict to energy poverty and pervasive and growing negative externalities. The book illustrates the significance of energy justice by combining the most up-to-date data on global energy security and climate change, including case studies and examples from the electricity supply, transport, and heating and cooking sectors, with appraisals based on centuries of thought about the meaning of justice in social decisions.

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Routledge

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1135074194

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Environmental Quality Analysis

Theory & Method in the Social Sciences

By: Allen V. Kneese,Blair T. Bower

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Environmental Quality Analysis

Theory & Method in the Social Sciences

By: Allen V. Kneese,Blair T. Bower

This book brings together state-of-the-art papers describing comprehensive approaches to residuals management and emphasizes the need for interdisciplinary solutions to complex environmental problems. Originally published in 1972

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1135987777

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Government and the American Economy

A New History

By: Price V. Fishback

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Government and the American Economy

A New History

By: Price V. Fishback

The American economy has provided a level of well-being that has consistently ranked at or near the top of the international ladder. A key source of this success has been widespread participation in political and economic processes. In The Government and the American Economy, leading economic historians chronicle the significance of America’s open-access society and the roles played by government in its unrivaled success story. America’s democratic experiment, the authors show, allowed individuals and interest groups to shape the structure and policies of government, which, in turn, have fostered economic success and innovation by emphasizing private property rights, the rule of law, and protections of individual freedom. In response to new demands for infrastructure, America’s federal structure hastened development by promoting the primacy of states, cities, and national governments. More recently, the economic reach of American government expanded dramatically as the populace accepted stronger limits on its economic freedoms in exchange for the increased security provided by regulation, an expanded welfare state, and a stronger national defense.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226251292

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9780226251295

Journal of Women's History Guide to Periodical Literature

By: Gayle V. Fischer

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Journal of Women's History Guide to Periodical Literature

By: Gayle V. Fischer

Gayle V. Fischer has produced a terrifically useful volume that no research library should be without." —The Journal of American History " . . . an indispensable resource to finding material on women's history throughout the world." —Journal of World History " . . . the work is recommended for its currency, depth of coverage, and scope." —Ethnic Forum As part of its mission to disseminate feminist scholarship and serve as the journal of record for the new area of women's history, the Journal of Women's History began a compilation of periodical literature dealing with women's history. This volume is drawn from more than 750 journals and includes material published from 1980 through 1990. There are forty subject categories and numerous subcategories. The guide lists more than 5,500 articles; all are extensively cross-listed.

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Indiana University Press

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0253322197

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Restraining Power through Institutions

A Unifying Theme for Domestic and International Politics

By: Alexandru V. Grigorescu

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Restraining Power through Institutions

A Unifying Theme for Domestic and International Politics

By: Alexandru V. Grigorescu

This book challenges the traditional view that meaningful analogies cannot be drawn between domestic and international politics. Alexandru V. Grigorescu shows that there are important parallels to be drawn across these two realms, if political interactions among states over the past two centuries are compared to those within states going back about a thousand years. He focuses specifically on the evolution of institutions that restrain concentrated power, such as courts, assemblies, and bureaucracies. Restraining Power through Institutions begins by developing a set of theoretical arguments about the emergence, change, and consolidation of institutional restraints on power. These are primarily derived from literature focusing on domestic politics going back to events such as those surrounding the signing of the Magna Carta and the emergence and evolution of the Curia Regis in England, or of the Estates General and Parlements in France. It then assesses the relevance of such arguments for the evolution of numerous international institutions: international courts, such as the Permanent Court of Arbitration, International Court of Justice, and International Criminal Court; international assemblies and parliaments, such as the Assembly of the League of Nations, UN General Assembly; and European Parliament; and international secretariats, such as those of the Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine, League of Nations, UN, and World Bank. The similarities between developments in the domestic and international realms lead to a number of important conclusions about future expectations for international institutions and for world politics more broadly. In particular, the book argues that complementing the traditional focus on efforts to acquire power with the "Lockean" focus on restraining power offers a more complete depiction of international politics. This novel perspective consequently shifts the focus from the interests and actions of a handful of powerful states to those of virtually all states and groups of states, regardless of how powerful they are.

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Oxford University Press

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0192678558

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Legal Canons

By: Jack M Balkin,Sanford V Levinson

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Legal Canons

By: Jack M Balkin,Sanford V Levinson

Every discipline has its canon: the set of standard texts, approaches, examples, and stories by which it is recognized and which its members repeatedly invoke and employ. Although the last twenty-five years have seen the influence of interdisciplinary approaches to legal studies expand, there has been little recent consideration of what is and what ought to be canonical in the study of law today. Legal Canons brings together fifteen essays which seek to map out the legal canon and the way in which law is taught today. In order to understand how the twin ideas of canons and canonicity operate in law, each essay focuses on a particular aspect, from contracts and constitutional law to questions of race and gender. The ascendance of law and economics, feminism, critical race theory, and gay legal studies, as well as the increasing influence of both rational-actor methodology and postmodernism, are all scrutinized by the leading scholars in the field. A timely and comprehensive volume, Legal Canons articulates the need for, and means to, opening the debate on canonicity in legal studies. Table of Contents

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NYU Press

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0814739466

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Book's by V Scott Gordon

Computer Graphics Programming in OpenGL with JAVA

Computer Graphics Programming in OpenGL with JAVA

Computer Graphics Programming in OpenGL With C++

Computer Graphics Programming in OpenGL With C++

Crafting Constitutional Democracies

Crafting Constitutional Democracies

Computer Graphics Programming in OpenGL with C++

Computer Graphics Programming in OpenGL with C++

Energy Security, Equality and Justice

Energy Security, Equality and Justice

Environmental Quality Analysis

Environmental Quality Analysis

Government and the American Economy

Government and the American Economy

Journal of Women's History Guide to Periodical Literature

Journal of Women's History Guide to Periodical Literature

Restraining Power through Institutions

Restraining Power through Institutions

Legal Canons

Legal Canons

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