Non-Fiction Books
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Deep Learning: A Visual Approach
A complete and accessible guide for programmers, scientists, engineers, educators, artists, and anyone else who wants to understand and use deep learning. Our principles are clear explanations, lots of great illustrations, and no math.
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Deep Learning From Basics to Practice
The first edition of my deep learning book. Click <a href="https://www.glassner.com/portfolio/deep-learning-a-visual-approach/ ">here</a> for the new edition.
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Processing for Visual Artists
Processing is a free computer language designed for artists and graphic designers. This book is for artists and other visual thinkers who want to create expressive, meaningful images, animations, and interactive experiences
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Morphs, Mallards, and Montages
This is my third collection of my columns for <em>IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications</em>.
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Andrew Glassner’s Other Notebook
This is my second collection of columns, expanding on the originals published in <em>IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications</em>.
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Andrew Glassner’s Notebook
This book explores cool and fun applications of computer graphics to a wide variety of topics. The book collects and expands upon the first three years of my columns for <em>IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications</em>.
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Principles of Digital Image Synthesis
The theory of rendering in computer graphics is woven together from three fields: human perception, digital signal processing, and the physics of light. This book unites them in a unified theoretical and practical framework.
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Interactive Storytelling
The promise of an interactive, participatory form of fiction is very appealing. This book looks at what we know, what we've learned, and how to move forward to realize that dream.
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Graphics Gems
I originally conceived of Graphics Gems as a "little pocket reference." The book went on to be a huge success, spawning a series of five books, and lots of similar series in other fields.
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Graphics Gems Series
The first Graphics Gems book was a big hit, so we decided to do another. And then another. We eventually made five books in the series.
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An Introduction To Ray Tracing
Ray tracing is an image synthesis technique that is simple, fast, and fun to use. This book covers a lot of the fundamental ideas that are useful to those starting out in the field, or are thinking of writing their own ray tracer.
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3D Computer Graphics for Artists and Designers
My second book was a top-to-bottom rewrite of my first. The book was very popular in its day, used in many design and art classes.
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Computer Graphics User’s Guide
My first book! In 1984 I wrote a book on 3D computer graphics for artists, describing the nuts and bolts of computer graphics without going into math or programming.
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