Liberal Economics and Democracy: Keynes, Galbraith, Thurow, and Reich (American Political Thought)

Book Description

Assailed by conservative critics in Congress, academia, and television talk shows, liberal economics may be in a fight for its political life. Conrad Waligorski contends, however, that rumors of its death are premature and far from desirable. His close analysis of the political theories of John Maynard Keynes, John Kenneth Galbraith, Lester Thurow, and Robert Reich reveals why liberal economics remains a vigorous force in the debates over our nation's future.

Waligorski argues that, despite individual differences, these economists are bound together by a common vision of the public good. Collectively, these thinkers represent a strong counter tradition to the laissez-faire, free-market philosophy of James Buchanan, Milton Friedman, F. A. Hayek, Newt Gingrich, and other proponents of minimalist government and "trickle-down economics."

Contrary to such critics, liberal economists advocate government regulation as a guard against the power of the marketplace to erode our most cherished political values and social institutions. For these economists, a completely free market is definitely not the best market for democracy; an unrestrained market guarantees neither fairness nor prosperity and in Keynes' time nearly destroyed our nation.

Waligorski locates the roots of their tradition in the thought exemplified by American Progressives John Dewey and Louis Brandeis and British liberal L. T. Hobhouse. But he also shows that these economists are no ivory tower theorists, that they are genuinely engaged with real-world problems and politics. Indeed, all of these theorists have written for a broad public in an effort to influence public policy and all have been political activists and/or advisors at various points in their careers.

A fitting sequel and companion to Waligorski's last book, The Political Theory of Conservative Economists, this new work provides a provocative challenge to the relentless conservative and libertarian attacks on the regulatory welfare state. Certainly, few debates will be more closely watched in this presidential election year.

Liberal Economics and Democracy: Keynes, Galbraith, Thurow, and Reich. (book reviews): An article from: Journal of Economic Issues
Average customer rating:
Liberal Economics and Democracy: Keynes, Galbraith, Thurow, and Reich. (book reviews): An article from: Journal of Economic Issues
Paul Diesing
Manufacturer: Association for Evolutionary Economics
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000987LOQ
Release Date: 2005-07-28

Book Description

This digital document is an article from Journal of Economic Issues, published by Association for Evolutionary Economics on March 1, 1998. The length of the article is 983 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

Citation Details
Title: Liberal Economics and Democracy: Keynes, Galbraith, Thurow, and Reich. (book reviews)
Author: Paul Diesing
Publication: Journal of Economic Issues (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 1998
Publisher: Association for Evolutionary Economics
Volume: v32 Issue: n1 Page: p266(3)

Article Type: Book Review

Distributed by Thomson Gale

Book Description

"An outstanding resource. McGill and Slocum have helped demystify the 'Learning Organization.' In so doing, they have helped redefine the essence of organizational effectiveness." —Albert A. Vicere Associate Dean for Executive Education Penn State Executive Programs

"McGill and Slocum unlock the secrets of successful companies and their leaders. If you want to lead, this book is worth your time." —Carl Sewell Author of Customers for Life

"Candid . . . provocative . . . down-to-earth advice for managers on creating a learning organization. McGill and Slocum have taken organizational learning one step further using practical examples to excite controversy about how organizations can learn to become smart."—Richard J. Haayen Retired Chairman of the Board and CEO Allstate Insurance Company Executive-In-Residence Southern Methodist University

"Successful companies adapt to a changing marketplace by a willingness to constantly change themselves. McGill and Slocum show both large and small organizations what it takes to learn from and adapt to the accelerated pace of change."—Keith Hughes President and Chief Operating Officer Associates Corporation of North America

Mirage Resorts, Inc. turns Las Vegas into a family vacation destination
Honda parlays a motorcycle mistake into an automotive miracle
From Bentonville, Arkansas, Wal-Mart manages the world's largest retail operation
Southwest Airlines opens routes to the East Coast

Why do some companies succeed where others fail? Why do once proud corporate giants struggle to return to profitability? If, as the pace of change in the business world accelerates, neither yesterday's achievements nor today's successes are guarantees of survival, what is? Is it culture, financing, marketing, manufacturing, or management that holds the key to business prosperity?

Michael E. McGill and John W. Slocum, Jr., believe that some companies are simply smarter than others. Smart organizations don't simply change—they learn. Smarter organizations actively manage every key process to ensure continuous improvement. They create competitive environments and corporate practices that promote learning for everyone. It is the rate at which individuals learn that determines an organization's sustainable competitive advantage. Smarter organizations and smarter managers survive and thrive.

In The Smarter Organization, based on years of hands-on work with some of the world's most successful corporations, McGill and Slocum will show you how to make the idea of the learning organization become a practical reality in your company. Drawing upon real-life examples from over 175 companies, this book reveals what makes for a learning organization and how you can make your company smarter. You will learn how to create a learning culture, how to craft a learning strategy, how to design structures and systems that promote learning, how to motivate a work force through learning, and how to lead a learning organization.

McGill and Slocum challenge today's popular approaches to organization and management. They argue for shifting the criteria of corporate and individual success from past performance to present improvements, from what have you done to what have you learned, from changing to getting smarter. The Smarter Organization shows that sustaining corporate success depends on unlearning business as usual, relearning key success factors, and learning new perspectives and behaviors. Whatever you have known, believed, or thought to be true about success in today's business world will be challenged by The Smarter Organization.

In engagements with clients ranging from owner-operated start-ups to Fortune 100 conglomerates, McGill and Slocum have tackled management problems in a style that brings cutting-edge management thinking to real-time business problems. They are insightful, iconoclastic, direct, and provocative.

A complete guide to transforming any business organization into a "smarter" organization

Unlearn, relearn, learn . . . three indispensable ingredients of corporate success in today's volatile global marketplace. The first book to show managers how to put into practice the principles originally introduced in The Fifth Discipline, Peter Senge's best-selling book, The Smarter Organization transforms the concept of the "learning organization" into a practical reality by showing managers how to create the conditions that ensure ongoing corporate success.

Practical easy-to-implement guidelines for unlearning business as usual, relearning key success factors, and learning new perspectives
Bottom-line, continuous improvement approach—relates the "learning organization" to important topics such as organizational design, leadership, motivation, and business strategy
In-depth case studies of companies that learned new ways of responding to revolutions in their industry, and some that didn't

Book Description

This book examines types of bridging studies currently being performed to help facilitate the transition from laboratory studies to field studies in support of pesticide registration. It includes discussions of modeling, variation in field sample profiles, bound vs. available residues, bare ground studies vs. cropped studies, the role of macropores in the field, pipe studies, hop plot studies, the tracking of material balance, and data interpretation.

Book Description

This is a lively and clearly written introduction to the philosophy of natural science, organized around the central theme of scientific realism. It has two parts. ‘Representing’ deals with the different philosophical accounts of scientific objectivity and the reality of scientific entities. The views of Kuhn, Feyerabend, Lakatos, Putnam, van Fraassen, and others, are all considered. ‘Intervening’ presents the first sustained treatment of experimental science for many years and uses it to give a new direction to debates about realism. Hacking illustrates how experimentation often has a life independent of theory. He argues that although the philosophical problems of scientific realism can not be resolved when put in terms of theory alone, a sound philosophy of experiment provides compelling grounds for a realistic attitude. A great many scientific examples are described in both parts of the book, which also includes lucid expositions of recent high energy physics and a remarkable chapter on the microscope in cell biology.

Customer Reviews:

Classic treatment: both a pleasure to read and an education.......2006-01-16

Ian Hacking's books are a model of clear, persuasive writing on difficult topics and this is one of his best books. In this book, he lays bare the central issues in philosophy of science (realism and rationality) in a way that makes them accessible to a non-specialist reader.

Almost unique among scholars, Hacking is equally skilled with history, concepts, and traditions, and uses these skills together well to paint a well organized and compelling picture of science; capturing both its beauty and its warts. He also does an admirable job capturing the various ways we have tried to *explain* science over the years.

This is not the usual simplistically "balanced" presentation of philosophy of science that treats all perspectives as having equal votes. Hacking makes his own moderate realist view on the issues clear at each point while he always appears to me to do justice to other viewpoints. One of the things I find most useful and special about Ian Hacking's arguments is that he seems to put great effort into successfully finding the real strengths of each viewpoint before evaluating it. He also often finds instructive points of difference between seemingly almost identical viewpoints.

Hacking discusses both realism and rationality, to place them both into perpsective in philosophy of science. We need at least a rudimentary idea of the role reasoning plays in scientific work in order to be able to speak productively about the reality of the things we are talking about. His focus is however consistently on realism: the question of the reality of theories and the question of the reality of entities and substances. This book is not yet another jeremiad on the "logic of science," or the lack thereof, it is a careful discussion of specifically the *ways* in which things are considered real in science, and the *significance* of treating things as real.

Hacking understands well the complex relationship between theory and experiment, giving us a superbly nuanced but easily understandable summary analysis of important concepts like incommensurability and the "theory boundness" of data. He then applies the results of these analyses back to the larger issues to support his own realist perspective.

The result is a view that strongly emphasizes experimentation. Entities and substances become real in science as they become a practical part of engineering and experimentation, rather than as a result of a verified theory or a long-lived theory.

Hacking is lukewarm about the reality of scientific theories compared to the reality of experimentally useful entities. He says: "Scientific realism about theories has to adopt the Peircean qualities of faith, hope, and charity. Scientific realism about entities needs no such virtues." This is one example of how Hacking uses the philosophical viewpoints of positivism and pragmatism throughout to illustrate the different ways of thinking about scientific reasoning. It would be hard to find a better, more understandable summary of the ideas of Kuhn or Feyerabend, including the specific ways their ideas have been used (or sometimes misused).

I consider this book a classic overview of the philosophy of science that accurately captures both the history of its ideas and the central conceptual issues that make it interesting and important. Hacking's lucid, clear prose and relentless attention to detailed real examples (without ever losing the larger picture) make this book both a pleasure to read and a splendid education in the topic.

An Introduction That's Not Just for Neophytes.......2004-03-08

This book, which is among my all-time favorite philosophy books, is a paradigm of how the subject should be introduced. It succeeds in introducing readers to many of the most important issues and ideas in contemporary philosophy of science; it's informed by a thorough knowledge of the history of both science and philosophy; it advances a unique perspective, one emphasizing the importance of experimentation as opposed to theorizing, on debates about scientific realism; and it is written in a straightforward and engaging style. In other words, this is an excellent book--one that manages to be both entertaining and informative.

As I mentioned above, Hacking's emphasis here is on experimentation as opposed to theorizing. Naturally, philosophers of science are drawn to the study of scientific theorizing; theorizing is what they do, and it's what they understand. But Hacking argues that the prospects for scientific realism (i.e. for the view that the sciences are objective and reveal the (approximate) truth about the world) are dim if you focus on theory alone, and he thinks this is something that has been borne out by recent philosophy of science. Rather than focus on theorizing, he claims, we should focus on the ways in which science involves intervention in the world. Through experimentation, scientists can step into the world and manipulate and change it. This is the way that science allows us to discover something about the world around us--not by the relatively passive activity of formulating theories, but by action in the world.

Hacking starts his book by giving a brief overview of how the historicism of Kuhn altered the project in the philosophy of science. He argues that earlier philosophies of science, like Carnap's positivism and Popper's falsificationism, had agreed on quite a bit despite their superficial similarities. Kuhn's work came along and upset all of this consensus. He denied that there was any particular method shared by all the sciences across time, that the sciences involved a cumulative process of knowledge acquisition, that observation could be distinguished from theorizing and understood as an independent source of evidence for and against theories, that the sciences could be understood ahistorically, etc. These views also posed some problems for the objectivity of science. The assumptions Kuhn denied were those undergirding the traditional conception of the objectivity of science, of how scientific inquiry arrived at truths about the world.

But does this mean that an understanding of the history of science should undermine our confidence in the objectivity of science and the accuracy of its results? In some ways, Hacking's book is an introduction to these worries and the various possible responses to them. For most philosophers, issues concerning the objectivity of science turn on the question of whether we have good reason to believe that our best scientific theories are true (or approximately true) or that we are making gradual progress towards true theories by doing science.

In the first half of the book, Hacking discusses important arguments for and against the view that we have good reason to believe that our best scientific theories are true. Here he is primarily concerned with what he calls realism about theories: the doctrine that scientific theories are true or false, and that we have good reason to believe that many of our best theories are true (or approximately true). Hacking covers a lot of interesting ground in his discussion of the prospects for this sort of realism. He begins by discussing positivist and pragmatist accounts of the nature of science and the reality that science can reveal to us. He then takes up arguments about incommensurability that have been developed by Feyerabend and Kuhn, and that appear to question our understanding of science as progressing towards the truth about the world. This is followed up by a chapter about causal theories of reference and how they might allow us to avoid arguments from meaning incommensurability. Hacking then takes a bit of detour and considers how Putnam was led from his causal theory of reference to a form of anti-realism; this chapter, while perhaps not central to the argument, is an interesting introduction to Putnam's views around the time of the publication of Reason, Truth, and History. He then discusses Lakatos's methodology of scientific research programmes.

All of this first half of the book is very exciting, and it's somewhat different from the usual introduction to the philosophy of science. It's not that Hacking is discussing material different from what you find in introductory texts of this sort; he isn't. But he is more interested in drawing lessons from the history of philosophy and in appealing to views outside the narrow confines of the philosophy of science. For instance, the chapter on Putnam's internal realism (and its similarities to Kant's epistemological views) would be out of place in most introductory philosophy of science tests, but it's a perfect fit here. This makes this book more interesting to philosophers in general, and it also reflects that fact that individual areas of philosophy aren't wholly separate from one another. While the philosophy of science does have a distinctive subject matter, it is bound to be influenced by developments and trends in other areas of philosophy.

Anyway, Hacking has serious doubts about the plausibility of realism about theories. This doesn't mean he doubts the objectivity of science, however. He thinks we should shift our emphasis, when discussing issues of objectivity, from theorizing to experimentation. So he defends realism about entities: the doctrine that scientific experiments involve the observation and manipulation of real entities, and that we have good reason to believe experimentation involves this sort of interaction with the real world. But, he thinks, this doesn't establish that the theories we have about these entities are correct in all their details. The second half of the book is an extended defense of Hacking's realism about entities.

The ideal audience for this book is philosophically sophisticated readers who don't know a great deal about the philosophy of science, though I think much of the book would be useful to anyone interested in the philosophy of science.

A classic in the philosophy of experimentation.......2000-06-29

I was an avid fan of Feyerabend when I came across a curious little article by a certain Ian Hacking in a Feyerabend reader. This particular article was startling in its down-to-earth approach to the philosophy of science. It's insistent mantra mirrored that of my supervisor's, "always go back to the experiment".

That article turned out to be from a pivotal chapter of Representing and Intervening, a lovely little book that I have grown to love. I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that this book revolutionised the philosophy of science by turning on its head the role of theory and experimentation (experimentation is king whereas I am a lowly theoretical biophysicst!).

The question that dominates the second half of the book, by far the better half, is when does a entity in science become a real entity. The answer, according to Hacking is "if you can spray it then its real." In one fell swoop, Hacking side-steps thorny and abtruse concepts that have plagued the philosophy of science such as falsification, induction and paradigms. Hacking re-interprets historical episodes and demonstrates how the final acceptance of a theory was its experimental reliability, not just in single instances, but in a diverse range of applications. The power of his examples is that they are drawn from contemporary experiments - something that not many philosophers of science actually do.

As a companion to the book, I really recommend Bruno Latour's "Laboratory Life". Latour complements Hacking by showing just exactly how a single scientific entity changes shape as the experimental techniques which intersect it are expanded and improved upon.

Another beautiful quality of the book is the lucid prose. Hacking shows how philosophers don't need to write in a profound style to convey profound thoughts.

Very important philosophical argument for experimentaion.......1999-06-25

This book awakens the interest about practice in natural science. So Hacking stresses the singificance of experimentation and criticizes the bias for theory in philosophy of science. Very insightful and challenging trial for the new direction for philosophy of science.

Average customer rating:

Excellent

The Everything Horse Book: Buying, Riding, and Caring for Your Equine Companion..So Complete You'll Think a Horse Wrote It (Ever

it's ok...

Very good guide for caring for a horse

A pretty good book....

The Everything Horse Book: Buying, Riding, and Caring for Your Equine Companion..So Complete You'll Think a Horse Wrote It (Everything Series)
Cheryl Kimball
Manufacturer: Adams Media Corporation
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Animal Care & Pets | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books
General | Horses | Animal Care & Pets | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books
Riding | Horses | Animal Care & Pets | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books
Equestrian | Horses | Individual Sports | Sports | Subjects | Books
General | Sports | Subjects | Books
Physiology | Zoology | Biological Sciences | Science | Subjects | Books
Similar Items:

Horses For Dummies (For Dummies (Pets))

The Whole Horse Catalog: The Complete Guide to Buying, Stabling and Stable Management, Equine Health, Tack, Rider Apparel, Equestrian Activities and Organizations...and ... Else a Horse Owner and Rider Will Ever Need

The Everything Horseback Riding Book: Step-by-step Instruction to Riding Like a Pro (Everything: Sports and Hobbies)

Getting Your First Horse (Horse-Wise Guides Series)

Horse Handling & Grooming: A Step-By-Step Photographic Guide to Mastering over 100 Horsekeeping Skills (Horsekeeping Skills Library)

ASIN: 1580625649

Book Description

The Everything Horse Book is a detailed introduction to loving and appreciating these majestic animals, from the basics of riding to important information on care and feeding.

This exciting book is perfect for horse lovers of all ages and skill levels. You'll learn what breed is best suited to a rider's needs and skills, as well as how to buy a horse, how to choose a reliable vet, and how to detect early symptoms of various health issues. Packed with professional suggestions, horse trivia, and definitions of equine jargon, The Everything Horse Book is an ideal gift for anyone who has ever been interested in our equestrian friends.

Features all you need to know about horses, including:
Anatomy and physiology
Behavior patterns
Feeding and grooming
Traditional and alternative treatments for healthy problems
Dressage, jumping, trail riding, and other types of horsemanship
Careers with horses

Customer Reviews:

Excellent.......2007-09-25

When I bought this book I honestly didn't think I'd ever read it, let alone read the entire thing. But I gave it a try and now I can't put it down. The advice she gives is very helpful and really lets me know what I'm going to have to do when I buy my own horse. This book really opened my eyes and has prepared me for someday becoming an experienced horsehandler. Cheryl Kimball does a wonderful job with this book!

The Everything Horse Book: Buying, Riding, and Caring for Your Equine Companion..So Complete You'll Think a Horse Wrote It (Ever.......2007-05-12

The Everything Horse Book: Buying, Riding, and Caring for Your Equine Companion..So Complete You'll Think a Horse Wrote It (Everything Series)
by Cheryl Kimball
This is a complete book of everything you need to know about horses the best descriptions the easiest reading. Would buy any of Cheryl Kimball's books due to the easy reading content.
Excellant and fully descriptive. My daughter wants to be a horse handler and has had not experience with horses this is a great book that gives a complete guide for beginners.

Excellant service, communication and packaging. Have bought many books and would not hesitate to buy more.

it's ok..........2006-08-14

When i first got this book i thought it was going to be much better. I thoroughly enjoyed it however. I am 14 years old and when i passed it down to my younger sister (who is 10) to read, she got bored really easily with it. It might be because she is just the type of person who bores easily, but there really is no motavation for someone of her age. there are very little pictures and is not written in a way which younger people understand

Very good guide for caring for a horse.......2004-09-14

This is a good book for the person who doesn't own a horse yet but would like to sometime. It is very complete, going over stuff from hoof anatomy to how to introduce your horse to an electric fence for the first time. However, I think that Horses for Dummies by Audrey Pavia is even MORE complete and I liked that better, but overall this is a very, very good book.

A pretty good book...........2001-12-16

I think this is a great book for someone who owns a horse. Since I don't yet own one, I found it not as interesting as some horse books. It talks about trailering your horse, what to feed it, ect.... I still enjoyed it though, because I really like reading anything on horses. And someday since I'll be owning a horse someday (I hope!!), I think this book will come in handy. :)

Clinical Endocrinology of Companion Animals

Average customer rating:

Clinical Endocrinology of Companion Animals
C.B. Chastain
Manufacturer: Lea & Febiger,U.S.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

General | Veterinary Medicine | Medicine | Subjects | Books

Animal Husbandry | Agricultural Sciences | Science | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 081211017X

Average customer rating:

A Companion to Animal Physiology

Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Book Description

A multi-authored work designed to supplement Knut Schmidt-Nielsen's ^IAnimal Physiology^R. Using his comparative approach to the study of animal form and function, the book pursues in greater detail topics introduced in the original text.

El gran libro de las 100 preguntas sobre los reptiles/ The Great Book of 100 Questions about Reptiles (Animales De Compania/ Companion Animals)

Average customer rating:

El gran libro de las 100 preguntas sobre los reptiles/ The Great Book of 100 Questions about Reptiles (Animales De Compania/ Companion Animals)
Albert Martinez , and Joaquin Soler
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Spanish | Foreign Language Nonfiction | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books

La Fauna | Al Aire Libre y La Naturaleza | Libros en español | Formats | Books

Book Description

The tradition of college basketball excellence that reigns at Indiana University can only be matched by a handful of other elite programs, while the fierce devotion of IU basketball fans has been selling out arenas and inspiring generation after generation of Hoosier fans for over a century. The Indiana University Basketball Encyclopedia captures the glory, the tradition, and the championships, from the team's inaugural games in the winter of 1901 all the way through the 2003-04 season. The most comprehensive book ever written about IU basketball, this encyclopedia covers every season and every game the Hoosiers have played throughout their illustrious history, including all of the program's Big Ten Conference championships and NCAA championships. It is a must-have for the library of every devoted IU basketball fan and a fitting guide to one of the most storied traditions in all of college basketball.

Customer Reviews:

:-).......2006-11-01

All I can say in incredible. If you're an IU fan you NEED this book.

amazing, comprehensive-if it's not here, it DIDN'T happen!!!.......2004-12-13

Incredibly comprehensive, historically correct, and utterly fascinating telling of the history of Indiana University Basketball. I read this book cover to cover and even use it to look up different facts (like seeing if 45 points WAS the Assembly Hall shot clock record low point total).

If you are a fan of one of the most storied programs in NCAA history, the IU men's basketball team, this is as close to a must have as you can get.

The New Basic Black: Home Training for Modern Times -- Revised Edition
Average customer rating:

What to do When and Where

The New Basic Black: Home Training for Modern Times -- Revised Edition
Karen Grigsby Bates , and Karen E. Hudson
Manufacturer: Doubleday
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

General | Etiquette | Reference | Subjects | Books
General | Reference | Subjects | Books
Look Inside Reference Books | Trip | Specialty Stores | Books
Similar Items:

How to Be: A Guide to Contemporary Living for African Americans

The BAP Handbook: The Official Guide to the Black American Princess

Beautylicious!: The Black Girl's Guide to the Fabulous Life

Basic Black: Home Training for Modern Times

Forbidden Fruit: Love Stories from the Underground Railroad

ASIN: 0385516266
Release Date: 2005-12-06

Book Description

A newly revised modern manual of manners and etiquette that has become an African American classic.

Unlike the more traditional etiquette books that many African Americans may find stodgy, off-putting, and culturally alien, The New Basic Black is for real people who live real lives—and it addresses many of the issues of a growing black middle class. Straightforward, user-friendly, and illustrated with line drawings, The New Basic Black includes all the information any well-mannered person would want to know about the social rites of passage (marriage, birth, christening, death), the corporate workplace (standard work issues and the more delicate issue of race and its impact on a work environment), various occasions (having guests or being a guest at a summer home, etc.), and everyday rules and rituals that make living in hectic times a little easier. The revised edition of The New Basic Black also contains the intricacies of Internet etiquette, tips for travel in the post-9/11 age, and a wealth of other invaluable information that will make life more comfortable.

For singles and families alike, The New Basic Black takes the mystery out of conventional etiquette and will arm the reader with confidence in any situation.

Customer Reviews:

What to do When and Where.......2006-08-14

This is a great book to answer those questions that your mama and grandmama can't help you with. Anything and everything related to social situations that are part of the African-American community are in this book, as well as, what good manners are.

Fundamentals of Computer Graphics, Second Ed.
Average customer rating:

focuses on algorithms, not hardware or animation

Not much to say

Good book, but beware the reflection algorithm

Good book; Bad print

Helpful: errata page

Fundamentals of Computer Graphics, Second Ed.
Peter Shirley , Michael Ashikhmin , Michael Gleicher , Stephen Marschner , Erik Reinhard , Kelvin Sung , William Thompson , and Peter Willemsen
Manufacturer: A K Peters, Ltd.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Web Graphics | Web Design | Web Development | Computers & Internet | Subjects | Books
General | Graphic Design | Computers & Internet | Subjects | Books
General | Computers & Internet | Subjects | Books
General | Software | Computers & Internet | Subjects | Books
All Titles | Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007 | Stores | Books
Computers & Internet | Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007 | Stores | Books
Similar Items:

OpenGL(R) Programming Guide: The Official Guide to Learning OpenGL(R), Version 2 (5th Edition) (OpenGL)

Real-Time Rendering (2nd Edition)

Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice in C (2nd Edition)

Introduction to Computer Graphics

Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (2nd Edition)

ASIN: 1568812698

Product Description

The second edition of this widely adopted text includes a wealth of new material, with new chapters on Signal Processing (Marschner), Using graphics hardware (Willemsen), Writing graphics applications (Sung), Perception (Thompson), Curves (Gleicher), Animation (Ashikhmin), and Tone reproduction (Reinhard). Maintaining the strengths of the first edition, the authors present the mathematical foundations of computer graphics with a focus on geometric intuition, allowing the programmer to understand and apply those foundations to the development of efficient code.

Customer Reviews:

focuses on algorithms, not hardware or animation.......2007-01-20

Shirley's book could be compared to the classic graphics text by Foley and van Dam. Shirley focuses more on the key algorithms for graphics. Whereas Foley also goes into describing some of the hardware. Shirley also stays away from some low level methods, that were first devised when the first raster and vector displays were coming on the market. For example, there's nothing here about Bresenham's algorithm, for drawing a circle without recourse to trig functions. The latter exact a heavy time penalty when the CPU is slow.

Other reviewers have remarked that the book really doesn't have good coverage of animation. Correct. Though Shirley might argue that the book's title does say "Fundamentals". Animation methods can be considered as an overlayer on the book's scope. For example, consider physics-based animation. Where you model the behaviour of an object by physical laws. The book just has a brief mention. But this type of behaviour is primarily about the physical response of an object. Displaying that response is secondary, and already covered by the methods of the book.

Not much to say.......2006-11-05

This book was sufficient enough for the class I used it for. It has very few errata compared to most text books.

Good book, but beware the reflection algorithm.......2006-02-24

All and all I've been very pleased with this book, however, do not trust the reflection algorithm in the ray tracer chapter. It should be a minus, not a plus.

Good book; Bad print.......2006-01-15

The book itself is good. The contents basically focus on the computer algorithm. However, I can't believe a book of "computer graphics" was printed in black&white, only a few colored pages in the middle. The rest of pictures in the book are just b&w. That's the drawback I saw immediately.

Helpful: errata page.......2005-01-25

Though this text provides the reader with a thorough treatment of the basic and advanced topics of today's graphics algorithms and techniques, some errors pop up here and there which might be problematic when trying to program according to the book, or trying out the execution of an algorithm. An errata page has been provided by the writer which might be useful to readers of this text; it can be found at http://www.cs.utah.edu/~shirley/fcg/errata
I hope this helps some people out. I, for one, started sweating when it seemed like I did not understand BSP trees anymore; it took me a couple of minutes to see that a couple of lines were inverted in the accompanying code. However, this book is interesting, fun to read, and useful. I recommend it to anyone who already has a basic understanding of Computer-Graphics-Without-An-API.

Average customer rating:

Don't buy without looking through first!
Not what I expected...
Excellent seller

Michael Thompson: Images
Michael Thompson
Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Collections, Catalogues & Exhibitions | Photography | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books

Fashion | Photography | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books

General | Photography | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books

General | Fashion | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books

All Titles | Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007 | Stores | Books
Similar Items:

Mario Testino: Portraits
RankinWorks
Talking Fashion
A Photographer's Life: 1990-2005
Peter Lindbergh: Selected Work 1996-1998 for my friend Franca Sozzani

ASIN: 0810955830

Book Description

In his first book, photographer Michael Thompson offers a grand, almost fantastical vision of fashion, glamour, and style. A compelling yet enigmatic sequence of radiant images-plucked from his fashion spreads, portrait shoots, and personal projects-unfolds across these pages, transcending the original commissions to form a dreamlike narrative. Thompson, with editor Dennis Freedman, presents a surrealistic high-concept exploration of the theme of seeing with one's eyes closed, even as he seduces us with his photographic craftsmanship.

Invoking a pantheon of sources, references, and inspirations-from Vermeer, Man Ray, and Cocteau to Kubrick and Coppola-Thompson has turned the cool, austere style for which he is known upside down to reveal its lush, dark under-pinnings. This deluxe volume brings together Thompson's alluring photographs of some of the world's most celebrated subjects and beautiful models, including Claudia Schiffer, Sting, Kate Moss, and Britney Spears. The book reveals as never before the versatile and inventive vision of this stellar photographer.

Customer Reviews:

Don't buy without looking through first!.......2007-08-11

Reviews are here to help us, but even after reading a negative review of the book I figured for the used price of less then half how could you go wrong. Unfortunately I was wrong, I should of listened but this book isn't very good, the best picture is probably the one on the front. There are some good ones, maybe 10 percent. Only half of the pages even have images. Its a blank page on the left and picture on the right etc. Not very neat or interesting images at all. Anyone can paint someone, make it interesting. Anyways I highly recommend you check out this book before buying or you'll be sorry just like me.

Not what I expected..........2006-03-03

I've heard about this fashion photographer so when I bought his book, I expected models and beautiful pictures. The book was over 100 pages long but half of them were blank! Also, many of the pictures are odd, like a person, naked in blue paint. There was another pictures of a finger in red powder. The best picture is the cover and that's it. If you're expecting models and designer clothes, this is not the book for you.

Excellent seller.......2006-01-30

The book was sent to me exactly when it was supposed to be sent and in excellent shape. kudos to this seller!

Average customer rating:

Michael Thompson: Images
Michael; Freedman, Dennis Thompson
Manufacturer: Harry N Abrams Inc
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0810949733

Refigured Painting: German Image 1960-88

Average customer rating:

Refigured Painting: German Image 1960-88
Thomas Krens , and Michael Govan
Manufacturer: Prestel Pub
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

General | Instructional & How-To | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books

General | Painting | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books

General | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 3791308661

Amazing Heroes #117 : Michael Jackson's Captain Emo (Fantagraphics Books)

Average customer rating:

Amazing Heroes #117 : Michael Jackson's Captain Emo (Fantagraphics Books)

Manufacturer: Fantagraphics Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Comic Strips | Comics & Graphic Novels | Subjects | Books

General | Comics & Graphic Novels | Subjects | Books

General | Graphic Novels | Comics & Graphic Novels | Subjects | Books

Fantagraphics | Publishers | Comics & Graphic Novels | Subjects | Books

Antiquarian & Rare Books | Books & Reading | Literature & Fiction | Subjects | Books

Batman | Media | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Subjects | Books

Average customer rating:

Michael Thompson Images
Dennis Freedman
Manufacturer: ABRAMS HARRY N (THAM
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000K2JGCQ

Average customer rating:

Michael Thompson: Images
Michael; Aletti, Vince; Freedman, Dennis (editor) Thompson
Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NVGLPO

Books:

Books Index

Books Home

Recommended Books