Visualization of Natural Phenomena
I was coauthor, along with Rob Wolff, of a book entitled Visualization
of Natural Phenomena on the subject of computer graphics and scientific
visualization. My background in computer graphics as Director of Software
Development at Digital Productions (as well as Vice President of Software
for Omnibus Computer Graphics and Robert Abel and Associates), together
with 10 years of experience in Computational Fluid Dynamics, allowed me
to bring a lot of experience in both science and visualization to the project.
The combined book and CD-ROM (the first such combination published to my
knowledge) won both the "Best Nonfiction Computer Book" of 1993
from the Computer Press Association and an Honorable Mention (2nd Place)
as "Best New Electronic Product of 1993" from the American Association
of Publishers' Professional and Scholarly Publishing division. The book
addresses both mathematical fundamentals in imaging and practical how-to
issues in visualization. It is still being used to teach image processing
and computer graphics visualization techniques at the undergraduate level,
yet its somewhat informal style, beautiful images and digital movies, and
discussion of the reciprocal influences of scientific visualization and
Hollywood special effects make it of interest to a larger audience. Telos
(an imprint of Springer-Verlag) published the book. We were hoping to pursue a 2nd revision, back in '97, but plans fell through and, sadly, there are currently no plans to reissue the book. Meanwhile, Telos appears to have closed up shop entirely (their link now takes you to Spring-Verlag), but here is the original (currently broken) link to the book at Telos.
