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From: jamesd@techbook.com (James Deibele)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: nice little new graphics book
Message-ID: <1990Sep8.023346.1099@techbook.com>
Date: 8 Sep 90 02:33:46 GMT
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In article <2064@med.Stanford.EDU> rick@hanauma.Stanford.EDU (Richard Ottolini) writes:
>"The Algorithm Beauty of Plants" by Prusinkiewicz and Lindmayer.
>A collection of algorithms for botanical modeling, programs and pretty pictures.
>The algorithms are mostly of the fractal variety.

Lots of color plates and a good bibliography.  The first chapter explains
L (for Lindenmayer) systems and then goes on to model trees, plant organs,
cellular layers, etc.  There's a chapter on the fractal aspects of plants and
a little appendix on the lab programs they used, including a nice shot of a
Silicon Graphics screen.  I suspect that a lot of these may end up as holiday
presents.

Springer-Velag, $39.95, ISBN 0-387-97297-8.


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