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Programmable GPUs provide the processing horsepower necessary to render realistic graphics in real time, but this has put a new burden on graphics programmers. They now need to have an in-depth understanding of lights and surface propertiex before they can use the capablities of the GPU.
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One extreme to the other.......2006-08-30
This book is all about extremes. It describes lighting and materials in very simple terms and then proceeds to list the complex equations involved. There doesn't seem to be any middle ground.
I understand that metal is shiny and that tree bark is rough and bumpy. But going from that to the complex equations is quite a leap. I was hoping for a book that explained objects in relation to the settings that 3d programs like 3ds Max use to create their materials...Diffuse, Specular, Glossiness, etc. etc.
I would only recommend this book to you if you can make use of the complex equations used to produce realistic lighting.
Review Updated.......2005-05-20
I've updated my review. I think it is worth the full fives stars, but I didn't feel like erasing it and rewriting it.
The book is really great overall, but mainly I enjoyed the fact it had a working raytracer to play with. It is nice and small and easy to play around with, and it came in very handy when I was trying some crazy technique with OpenGL.
The only downside is the book doesn't cover bump mapping. I don't know if Bump/normal mapping is 'true' lighting equation, but it's important because it allows you to use a very high detailed mesh, and than 'normal map' it so you can use a low poly mesh but preserve it's details in the lighting. If it covered bump maps I really missed it (I skipped around alot but have mostly finished the book).
Excellent book, very fun, heavy on the math (but I've seen most of it, except for equations with double factorials!). It is advanced, but for my background I'd consider it more of a an intermediate in terms of math (not graphics), but I am sure to beginners the equations would scare the tar out of them. No sweat, it isn't that hard and they walk you through it all.
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Managing Business Process Flows: Principles of Operations Management w/ Student CD (2nd Edition)
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Good text, but a little boring and long winded ..........2006-03-08
I used this book as a course text for my MBA class in introduction to operations. What I like about the book is simple, flowing text, good "summery section" at the end of the chapter and a wealth of problems. However, the book gets boring and long. A lot of textbooks are now full color and embellished with real life sidebars, and have great presentation qualities ... not this book! It's black and white, and things are hard to find in it.
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This unique and comprehensive book presents a unifying paradigm for understanding operations, based in the belief that a large part of operations management is the design and management of business processes. The overall objective of the book is to demonstrate how managers can control process structure and process drivers to achieve desired business process performance. This framework is applied to understand which levels managers have to control: cycle time, capacity, inventory, and quality. Providing a conceptual and logically rigorous approach, Managing Business Process Flows discusses the subject in three steps: model and understand the process and its flows; study causal relationships between process structure and certain performance metrics; and formulate implications for managerial actions by filtering out managerial levers ("process drivers") and their impact on process performance. The book also identifies managerial levers, and establishes a connection between operational and financial measurements. An essential resource for all management professionals, especially Management Consultants specializing in operations and supply chains, Managers and VPs overseeing supply chains, and Plant Managers. ÿ
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Excellent textbook.......2006-06-30
Excellent textbook, very illustrative and dynamic. Good examples and very well written. I liked how it takes the reader from very simple concepts at the beginning to very complex problems at the end, maintaining its simple and straightforward style.
A concise and useful text to study this aspect of Operations.......2003-05-03
We used this book as one of the texts in the core Operations Management course I took as part of getting my MBA from the University of Michigan Business School. I think it is a good textbook. It has several virtues. It is concise, it develops its ideas as the book goes along, the chapter problems help the student think about the principles being developed, and it covers the topic pretty well for a one term introductory course.
There are also many helpful illustrations and examples. The book also includes a CD with some tools to help the student work some of the more complex problems. A companion website is also available.
The one problem a person wanting to simply dive into a specific topic would have comes from the book continually developing its ideas from the beginning to the end. The examples usually involve a fictional garage door manufacturing firm and if you haven't worked the earlier problems it can be difficult to have the data on hand to work the later examples or to even understand what they are talking about.
But in a classroom setting with a skilled and enthusiastic professor, as I had, this is a very useful book and I recommend it.
Confusing and poorly written.......2003-04-17
I suffered through an MBA course taught using this book. While the subject and material are interesting, the book is horrible. The style is choppy and confusing. The problems are useful, but the questions are written poorly and contain errors.
A good introductory Operations Management book.......2000-03-17
I enjoyed teaching MBA core course using this book. It fits therequirements of the introductory Operations Management course, is easyto use ( and it is also relatively cheap ). Lots of explanatoryexamples.
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Niederlandisches Burgerliches Gesetzbuch, Buch 8 Verkehrsmittel und Beforderun (Series of Legislation in Translation)
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Hiermit wird eine Ubersetzung von Buch 8 des niederlandischen Burgerlichen Gesetzbuches in direkter Gegenuberstellung zum Originaltext vorgelegt. Dem Text geht eine kurze Einfuhrung in die gesetzlichen Regelungen voraus. Buch 8 des Burgerlijk Wetboek enthalt die Vorschriften uber das gesamte Transportrecht. Hierzu zahlen insbesondere die Personen- und Guterbeforderung zur See, auf Binnengewassern, auf der Strase, auf der Schiene und auf dem Luftweg. In jedem dieser Bereiche sind insbesondere die Transportvertrage und die Unfallhaftung geregelt; die Vorschriften uber den Schiffstransport enthalten daruber hinaus sachenrechtliche Bestimmungen und solche uber die Reederei. Der vorliegende Band stellt den -- vorerst -- letzten Teil der in dieser Reihe erscheinenden, vom niederlandischen Justizministerium autorisierten Ubersetzung des gesamten niederlandischen Burgerlichen Gesetzbuches dar.
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Hydrogeology of an Arid Region: The Arabian Gulf and Adjoining Areas
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This book provides comprehensive information about the water resources of the Arabian Gulf region, an area that is symbolic as an arid to extremely arid belt. Filling an information gap it provides in-depth analyses of both natural and human-related constraints on water resources, and presents a new vision on efficient management of available water resources.
It contains an overview of the physical geography and climatic constraints on water resources, systematic inventory of available traditional and non-traditional water resources, water-related problems, water conservation and legislations, comprehensive water laws applicable to the region, and modern techniques of water resources investigation.
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arabian gulf does not exist.......2004-11-28
the correct name is PERSIAN GULF. UNITED NATIONS says so in resolutions ratified in 1971 and 1983. dirty arab dollars cannot change history
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Magnetization Oscillations and Waves
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Written by two well-known researchers in the field, this useful reference takes an applied approach to high frequency processes including oscillations and waves in ferromagnets, antiferromagnets, and ferrimagnets. Problems evaluated include ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic resonances, spin waves, nonlinear processes, and high frequency manifestations of interactions between the magnetic system and other systems of magnetically ordered substances as elastic waves and charge carriers. Unlike previous monographs on this subject, which are highly theoretical and written for very advanced readers, this book requires only an average college background in mathematics and experimental physics. It will be a valuable addition to the library of engineers and scientists in research and development for communications applications, and scientists interested in nonlinear magnetic phenomena. It also serves as an excellent introduction to the topic for newcomers in the field. Magnetization Oscillations and Waves not only presents results but also shows readers how to obtain them; most formulas are derived with so many details that readers can reproduce them. The book includes many summaries and tables and detailed references to significant work in the area by European researchers.
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Good collection.......2007-09-24
These are primarily the mid-1940s episodes of the Amos and Andy radio show. At this point, the show was a close cousin to the later TV version of the 1950s (fans of the TV version will notice a number of original radio versions of some episodes). Along with Gosden and Correll as A&A, a good supporting crew such as Lou Lubin as Shorty the Stuttering Barber, Jester Hairston as henry von Porter, Johnny Lee as Calhoun the Lawyer, Ernestine Wade as Sapphire, James "Uncle Remus" Baskette as Rev. Johnson, etc. are along for the ride, as well as various Black vocal grous such as the Four Knights, the Jubilaires, and the Delta Rhythm Boys to provide a peppy Greek chorous for the goings-on.
These episodes are usually quite imaginative,amusing and entertaining with clever stories and hilarious characterizations. Unfortuantely, as the forties wind down, the series went into a rut with the "Kingfish cons Andy" theme wearing thin. But the better episodes from the early and mid 40s are here to enjoy (only a handful of the 1930s episodes survive in recordings today). Good for long drives, doing house or garage work, or sitting on your porch as the sun goes down.
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"A gripping story." --Economist
An impressively accessible narrative depicting the three-day battle for the pass at Thermopylae (the Hot Gates)--a critical contest in Xerxes's massive invasion of Greece. The bloody stand made there by Leonidas and his small Spartan army in 480 B.C. has been hailed ever since as an outstanding example of patriotism, courage, and sacrifice.
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Very good read!.......2007-09-04
The book was very thorough and covered the subject very well. Each chapter was broken down into ten pages or less and each one took on a very specific subject, perfect for a light reading on the subject. It would have been nice to have some breakdown of the individuals in the beginning, because there are many and at times I had to back track to see who was who and what they had done. More maps, especially later when the details of where ships are sailing or troops are moving, maybe a map at the beginning of each chapter to help keep things moving without breaking the reading momentum.
Overall, a good read, and I enjoyed it very much.
Who you side with, says who you are.......2007-08-23
"it was the natural human tendency to elevate the battle at the hot Gates to an almost superhuman dimension and, having done so, to let the purpose of it be forgotten."
"Even the self-perpetuating bureaucracy of our modern Western, self-styled 'democratic', world would have seemed to the Spartans who died at Thermopylae an unacceptable thing."
There lies the moral of the whole story. It is not just a military history, it is a story of peoples choosing sides. Pushed to the brink were you have to choose what is really worth dying -and living- for. Here are the options that people (yesterday and today) consider before committing themselves to a country/party/policy/, etc. What would we fight for today? How much would you be willing to give up in the face of threats? Today we don't consider the real issues because wee don't see our lives threatened.
This book shows us what the people considered worth fighting for. Today things haven't changed, and that's what makes this book so relevant (besides well-written): we have today so much "noise" coming from the media and our elite classes (academia/bureaucratic establishment) that prevents us from listening to our own hearts when it comes to making sound and fundamental decisions.
Put yourself in the sandals of a Spartan or an Athenian in 5th century BC. and where would you stand? What would you live/die for?
The book covers Thermopylae, Salamis and Plataea.
East versus West.......2007-06-27
I found the author gave a very good background to the story of Thermopylae. It is hard to add much to an event that took place nearly 2500 years ago but his description of the world picture and the battle were able to transport you to another level. He delim=neates the real reason for the importance of the battle the domination of the East over the West or Asia over Europe. I found the work well worth my time.
An Impressive Account.......2007-05-04
I have read other books by the late Ernle Bradford and did not have to think twice about purchasing this one. I know Mr. Bradford to be an excellent and thoughtful writer; he may qualify as an historian by profession but he has a profound love of the ancient Greek world and as a sailor who has navigated the waters of the Aegean he has special practical knowledge. His book is a refreshing look at the battle of Thermopylae and the events of the Greco-Persian War.
Mr. Bradford's is a concise history of the Greco-Persian Wars but by no means is it lacking in substance or an abridgement. Certainly Peter Green's excellent volume is, arguably, the best and most thorough book on the war but Bradford's Thermopylae is highly readable and presents a good discussion of the people and events of the Greco-Persian War.
Mr. Bradford lays out his chapters nicely beginning with a discussion of Xerxes and his forbearers who created the Persian Empire; he is even-handed in his portrayal of the Great King discussing his weaknesses and noble traits. We are them given an overview of the Greek world concentrating on Athens and Sparta followed by how soldiers on both sides were armed and fought each other and their respective navies. He also provides a chapter on the invasion of Sicily by the Carthaginians and round out his book with a good discussion of Salamis and the final battle of Plataea.
I think the Mr. Bradford's words would speak better than any I could put together so here is an excerpt from chapter 18:
"Thermopylae, which has been wrongly compared in recent times to the evacuation of Dunkirk, can be counted a victory in moral terms. The right men had been there, in the right place and at the right time - but far too few of them. Had Sparta sent a thousand men instead of a king's bodyguard of three hundred, the Phocian force guarding the pass over Kallidromos could have been stiffened by a leaving of Spartan officers who would have made sure that it was, at the very least, hotly contested. In the end, in view of the size of the Persian army, there can be small doubt that the result would have been much the same...Quite unlike Dunkirk, which was a withdrawal, Thermopylae was a deliberate self-sacrifice by a handful of men who died so that the fleet at Artemisium might stay in being."
This is an engaging book (certainly better than some books that I have read on the same subject) that holds the reader's attention and I would not hesitate to recommend to someone who wants to about Thermopylae and the events surrounding the battle.
Superbly researched and written.......2007-03-16
Thermopylae: The Battle for the West by Ernle Bradford is truly a marvelous work dealing with a moment in history that forever changed everything that came after.
With Xerxes and the Persian army set to invade Greece, the Greeks had little time to plan a defense. The Spartan King Leonidas and a small contingent of Spartan hoplites along with about 7000 other Greeks rushed to the pass of Thermopylae to engage and delay the Persian invasion. The intent wasn't to defeat the invading army but to buy time....to fight a delaying action. Bradford does a terrific job at telling this classic story anew.
After Xerxes learns of a hidden path by which he could circle into the Greek's rear, the cause at Thermopylae was doomed. Leonidas, his Spartans, and a small group of Thespians stay behind to fight a delaying action allowing the other Greeks to flee to the south and live to fight another day. In the end Xerxes failed in his invasion plans. He did burn Athens but he lost the naval battle at Salamis which forced his withdrawl from Greece and Greek culture was saved.
So why all the attention on this battle fought so long ago? Just as the struggle forced by Xerxes upon the ancient Greeks saved western civilization in the end, many feel that we're locked in a similar struggle today. That discussion isn't for this space, but keep in mind current events as you read Thermopylae: The Battle for the West.
I strongly recommend this work.
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The whole of the East is on the move. Day after day, armies of men tramp the dusty roads of Asia Minor...Persians with shields and stabbing swords, Arabs on camels, mountain men from the Caucasus, Libyan charioteers, horsemen from central Iran.
Over this vast projection of imperial force stands the Emperor Xerxes, ringed round by his immaculate royal guard. The year is 480 B.C., and Xerxes has given the order to invade Europe.
"This account is a memorial to those ancient Greeks who, so many centuries ago, ensured that their patterns of freedom and individual liberty should survive in the West." (B-O-T Editorial Review Board)
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Title: The twenty-five hundred years' war: Persians have been at odds with the West and neighboring Asians since the battle of Thermopylae. Today's nuclear showdown is history repeating itself. Classicist Victor Davis Hanson tells what we can learn.
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Battle for the West: Thermopy Lae: Thermopylae
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In this exploration of the economic, social, and political development of Britain and the United States over a period of two centuries, leading scholars compare and contrast the similarities and the pronounced differences between the two countries. This book offers up-to-date analyses of issues ranging from industrialization and urbanization to democracy and politics, from class and gender to citizenship and welfare.
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Skulls and Skeletons: Human Bone Collections and Accumulations
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Of the parts of the human body, the bones have a unique durability that lends itself to collection. Provided a body has not been cremated, the skeletal remains can be recovered even millions of years after death, cleaned of flesh and debris, studied at length, and stored indefinitely without the maintenance that wet specimens require. Motivations for collecting human skeletal material range from the practical (in anthropology, medicine, forensics) to the ritualistic (phrenology, in the relics of martyrs and saints). This book is an examination of those motivations and the collections they have brought about-catacombs, ossuaries, mass graves, prehistoric excavations, private collections, and institutions. The book contains sections on procuring, handling, storing, transporting, cleaning, and identifying skeletal remains. The repatriation of remains and legislation covering the topic are also addressed.
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