Date: Sat, 08 Oct 94 08:46:22 -0800
Subject: Radiosity: A Programmer's Perspective
From: Ledalite@mindlink.bc.ca (Ledalite)

So ... Radiosity: A Programmer's Perspective. To begin with, here's
the bibliographical reference:

Title:         Radiosity: A Programmer's Perspective
Author:        Ian Ashdown
Publisher:     John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
City:          New York, NY
Pages:         512 pages, softcover (included 3.5-inch diskette)
Color plates:  12
Date:          Scheduled for release November 2nd, 1994
ISBN:          0-471-30488-3

and the Table of Contents:

Foreword ..............................................   v
Preface ............................................... vii
Introduction ..........................................   1

PART I       RADIOSITY MODELS LIGHT
Chapter 1    Measuring Light ..........................  13
Chapter 2    Radiosity Theory .........................  34

PART II      TOOLS OF THE TRADE
Chapter 3    Building an Environment ..................  57
Chapter 4    A Viewing System ......................... 135

PART III     RADIOSITY AND REALISM
Chapter 5    Form Factor Determination ................ 265
Chapter 6    Solving the Radiosity Equation ........... 374
Chapter 7    Meshing Strategies ....................... 427
Chapter 8    Lookiing to the Future ................... 446

Appendix A   Photometric and Radiometric Definitions .. 463
Appendix B   Memory-Management Issues ................. 468
Bibliography .......................................... 477

As for a brief description, here is the back cover copy:

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The first practical guide to creating stunningly realistic images on your
PC using a new and exciting graphics technology called "radiosity."

Once the exclusive domain of a handful of academic researchers working with
high-powered graphics workstations, radiosity can now be used to create
extremely realistic, true-color images using off-the-shelf personal
computters. Radiosity offers the ability to accurately render diffuse
reflections, color bleeding between surfaces, realistic shadows, and
detailed shading within shadows. More than this, it can create
photorealistic images that are impossible to achieve using conventional
ray tracing techniques.

This book offers programmers a unique opportunity to explore this
technology in depth.  "Radiosity: A Programmer's Perspective" provides
step-by-step guidance for the development of a fully-functional,
radiosity-based rendering program for Microsoft Windows and other graphical
environments, including:

* a detailed explanation of radiosity theory and its associated algorithms
  (no knowledge of higher mathematics required!)
* complete, fully documented and compiler-independent C++ source code for
  HELIOS, a radiosity renderer for Microsoft Windows 3.1 and Windows NT.
* an extensive guide to the computer graphics radiosity literature

The accompanying diskette includes full C++ source code and executable
programs that let you interactively experiment with radiosity methods
while reading the book.

Ian Ashdown, P.Eng. is a professional software engineer and lighting
technology researcher. He is Research & Development Manager for Ledalite
Architectural Products, Inc. and has written numerous articles for the C
User's Journal, PC Techniques, Dr. Dobb's Journal, Embedded Systems
Programming and other computer magazines. He is also the author of five
academic papers on lighting research and computer graphics techniques.
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Ian Ashdown, P.Eng.
Research & Development Manager
Ledalite Architectural Products, Inc.
9087A - 198th Street
Langley, B.C. V3A 4P8
Canada