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From: len@csd1.milw.wisc.edu (Leonard P Levine)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Graphics text for beginners?
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Date: 10 Jul 88 16:08:04 GMT
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From article <11512@ames.arc.nasa.gov>, by eugene@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov.arpa (Eugene N. Miya):
> In article <1359@daisy.UUCP> klee@daisy.UUCP (Ken Lee) writes:
>>The classic intro text is:
>>	Fundamentals of Interactive Computer Graphics
>>	by Foley & Van Dam
>>	published by Addison-Wesley
> 
> Funny, I thought Newman and Sproull was THE classic intro text,
> and don't forget Rogers.....
> 

Computer Graphics Vol 22 #2 has an excellent review of the texts used in 
computer science courses.  Of some 97 colleges reported, 35 use foley and 
van dam, 15 use Hern and Baker (prentice hall), 10 use rogers (mcGraw Hill)
and 5 or fewer use each of the next 16 texts listed.


Len Levine
len@evax.milw.wisc.edu