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Computer Graphics is certainly one of the hottest technical subjects ever. One of the most interesting aspects of this topic is that it is seeping into such a variety of diverse, interdisciplinary fields. Computer Graphics is actually a member of the extremely broad study of Information Management. All fields need to manage information. Computer Graphics is such an important sub-category of Information Management because almost no area of study is exempt from the need to visualize. This is a common thread that transcends business, teaching, design, manufacturing, chemistry, physics, training, government, and even the social sciences. The universality of computer graphics comes from its use as a:
“...window into a world. The world in which we deal may be real or fantasy, larger than a galaxy, or as small as an atomic particle. We may represent things that were, that are now, that will be, or that will never be.”[1]
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Bailey, M.J. (1983). Computer Graphics in Mechanical Engineering. In: Kunii, T.L. (eds) Computer Graphics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-85962-5_10
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