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OpenGL (R): A Primer is a concise presentation of fundamental OpenGL, providing readers with a succinct introduction to essential OpenGL commands as well as detailed listings of OpenGL functions and parameters. Angel uses a top-down philosophy to teach computer graphics based on the idea that students learn modern computer graphics best if they can start programming significant applications as soon as possible. The book makes it easy for students to find functions and their descriptions, and ...

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Financial measures are critical for business success and if you're a manager, for your career. That may scare some people. But here's the good news: there is a relatively small number of essential management ratios with which you can measure any aspect of business performance you need to. If you can master these, you will have a firm grip of business finance and need never be put off by the numbers again. Key Management Ratios cuts straight to the measures that matter. It shows you what they...

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For courses in the principles of macroeconomics. An evidence-basedapproach to economics Throughout Macroeconomics,3rd Edition, authors Daron Acemoglu, David Laibson, and John List usereal economic questions and data to help students learn about the world aroundthem. Taking a fresh approach, they use the themes of optimization,equilibrium, and empiricism to not only illustrate the power of simple economicideas, but also to explain and predict what's happening in today's society.Each chapter be...