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“An image is worth a thousand words” is a well-known phrase. It reflects the truth because the human eye-brain combination is a high-capacity, sophisticated data processor. We can “digest” a huge amount of information if we receive it visually, as an image, rather than as a list of numbers. This is the reason for the success of computer graphics. However, if one image conveys a lot of information, many images are even more informative. This is why computer animation is so popular. A piece of animation can both teach and entertain.
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Salomon, D. (1999). First Principles. In: Computer Graphics and Geometric Modeling. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1504-2_1
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