OpenGL Distilled

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Martz, Paul.

 OpenGL distilled / Paul Martz.

   p. cm.

 Includes bibliographical references and index.

 ISBN 0-321-33679-8 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Computer graphics. 2. OpenGL. I. Title.

 T385.M3666 2006

 006.6'6dc22

                                  2005036423

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Dedication

Computer graphics programming isn't much fun without good eyesight.

This book is dedicated to the doctors and researchers battling retinitis pigmentosa.