David Wolff: 15 books
by David Wolff
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2011
This hands-on guide cuts short the preamble and gets straight to the point actually creating graphics, instead of just theoretical learning. Each recipe is specifically tailored to satisfy your appetite for producing real-time 3-D graphics using GLSL 4.0. If you are an OpenGL programmer looking to use...
OpenGL 4 Shading Language Cookbook
Build high-quality, real-time 3D graphics with OpenGL 4.6, GLSL 4.6 and C++17, 3rd Edition
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2018
Over 70 recipes that cover advanced techniques for 3D programming such as lighting, shading, textures, particle systems, and image processing with OpenGL 4.6
Key Features
Explore techniques for implementing shadows using shadow maps and shadow volumes
Learn to use GLSL features such as compute,...
by David Wolff
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2013
OpenGL Shading Language 4 Cookbook is a hands-on guide that gets straight to the point actually creating graphics, instead of just theoretical learning. Each recipe is specifically tailored to satisfy your appetite for producing real-time 3-D graphics using the latest GLSL specification.This book is...
Rediscovering Russia in Asia: Siberia and the Russian Far East
Siberia and the Russian Far East
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2015
This work presents a trans-Siberian expedition to rediscover the peoples, cultures and riches of Russia's eastern frontiers. It addresses such questions as: who are the people of the region?; have they a distinct culture?; and does the area have a future as part of the Pacific Rim?
by David Wolff
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
Knotcher Land is an account of what happened when beings from outside appeared on the planet known as Knotcher Land. Upon arrival the outsiders, called Lloyds, conflicted with the natural inhabitants of Knotcher Land and eventually with each other. The natural inhabitants consisted of four kingdoms:...
by David Wolff
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
There is a society that lives amongst us that we know very little about. The beings that comprise this society are visible but hardly ever noticed. You vaguely see them walking along the shoulder of the road carrying a nondescript bundle or sitting on a wood bench outside a mall or near a community...
Occupy the Economy
Challenging Capitalism
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2012
Today's economic crisis is capitalism's worst since the Great Depression. Millions have lost jobs, homes, and healthcare. Many with jobs watch pensions, benefits, and job security decline. While most live with increasing uncertainty, the system makes the very wealthy even richer. In eye-opening interviews...
The Equal Society
Essays on Equality in Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2015
Equality is a widely championed social ideal. But what is equality? And what action is required if present-day societies are to root out their inequalities?
The Equal Society collects fourteen philosophical essays, each with a fresh perspective on these questions. The authors explore the demands...
Taking Parenting Public
The Case for a New Social Movement
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2002
Taking Parenting Public makes a compelling case that parenting has become dangerously undervalued in America today. It calls for a new investment—both personal and public—into the work of raising children and argues that we are all 'stockholders' in the next generation. With a foreword by Sylvia...
Higher Education and Equality of Opportunity
Cross-National Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
The movement to broaden access to public universities, the dominant strategy during the 1970s and 1980s, has largely shifted to enable the marketplace, rather than the government, to shape the contours of higher education. Government funding is being reduced, affirmative action and other programs...
The Criminalization of States
The Relationship between States and Organized Crime
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2019
This volume examines the relationship between states and organized crime. It seeks to add to the theoretical literature for analyzing the criminalization of the state. The volume also explores the nature of organized crime in countries throughout the Americas from Central America to the Southern Cone.
Looking Beyond Suppression
Community Strategies to Reduce Gang Violence
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2012
This edited book significantly contributes to the knowledge on how to address gang problems from a broad community perspective, which takes into account criminal justice agencies, social service providers, and community leaders, along with police, who have implemented collaborative anti-gang policies...
by Lowell A Goldsmith, Stephen I. Katz, Barbara A. Gilchrest
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2012
The landmark dermatology text that bridges the gap between science and clinical medicine—updated for today’s practice
Generations of clinicians, skin biologists, residents, and educators have acclaimed Fitzpatrick’s as the most authoritative and complete guide to dermatologic basic sciences,...
Mutações
dissonâncias do progresso
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: April 22, 2019
Décimo-primeiro livro da série Mutações, Dissonâncias do progresso discute como o progresso da tecnologia gerou inegáveis benefícios para a humanidade – como avanços na medicina e na comunicação –, facilitando nosso cotidiano. Em contrapartida, trouxe velocidade e superficialidade para...
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