Well here's another Summer 2002 edu-sig book gem: Andrew Glassner's Other Notebook Further Recreations in Computer Graphics - A practical guide to creative activities using computer graphics http://glassner.com/andrew/writing/books/other-notebook.htm Beautifully conceived, illustrated and written. Andrew Glassner is well know for his "Graphic Gems" series. It's rare to find a book which is so encouraging, helpful and facinating on computer graphics, yet without ever being sacrificed to local amming language dogma. This is above all about exploring the real world. Part of our 'real' world now includes computer graphics. The never loses sight of the wonderful scope between observation, analysis, synthesis and simulation. You could build and an entire course around this lucid book - and Python with its CLI and various graphics toolkits would be ideal [LightFlow, VPython etc.. the usual culprits] Here's two quick excerpts from the intro: "One of the things I find most appealing about computer graphics is that it's a gateway for discovering all sorts of other subjects. From the structure of soap bubbles, to quantum computations, there are fascinating things going on in the world everywhere we look. Computer Graphics is a new medium in several ways. One of the most exciting of its new abilities is that computer-based artistic tools allow us to turn back time and split the universe. ... I find this ability to save every version of my images and programs, and turn back time on a whim, has completely changed how I think about making images and inventing algorithms. Choices are no longer so drastic, so I don't have to fret about whether or not to take a risk. If something seems like a good idea, there's no reason not to pursue it except for the time it takes to try it out. I get to be more playful and intuitive..." Lots more here: http://glassner.com/ http://glassner.com/andrew/cg/graphics.htm ./Jason ______________________________________________ Jason Cunliffe [NOMADICS: Director art+design] Tel/fax: +1 718 422-1078 jasonic@nomadics.org N 43:00.000' W 074:31.875' ALT:1144 ft 84 Henry Street #3C Brooklyn NY 11201 USA