Game Physics Engine Development
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B O U T T H E C D - R O M This book is accompanied by a CD-ROM that contains a library of source code to implement the techniques and demonstrations in this book. The library there is de- signed to be relatively easy to read, and it includes copious comments and demonstra- tion programs. Support materials, such as updates, errata, and additional features, are available on the companion site for this book at http://textbooks.elsevier.com/ 012369471X. A C K N O W L E D G E M E N T S My quest to create robust game physics, although difficult, would have been impossi- ble without the contributions of a handful of skilled coders and mathematicians who published papers and articles, gave SIGGRAPH presentations, and released source code. Although there are many more, I am thinking particularly of Chris Hecker, Preface xxi Andrew Watkin, and David Barraf. Their early contributions were the lifeline that those of us who followed along needed. I would like to thank the hard work and diligence of the technical review team on this book: Philip J. Schneider, Dr. Jonathan Purdy, and Eitan Grinspun: thank you for your valuable contributions that helped improve its quality, readability, and usefulness. I’d particularly like to thank Dave Eberly, whose accuracy and attention to detail at several points saved me from embarrassing gaffs. I am grateful to the efficiency and patience of the editorial team at Elsevier: Mar- ilyn Rash and Michelle Ward who saw this book through to its conclusion, and Tim Cox who set it out on the road. I am also particularly grateful to the copyeditor, Carol Leyba, whose stylistic suggestions as well as her diligence dramatically improved the book’s content. Unlike my first book which was written during “gardening leave” after selling my previous business, this text was written while working full-time to build the R&D consultancy partnership I still work with. I therefore want to dedicate this book to my wife, Mel, who suffered through my late-nights, evenings alone, and the long saga of a “three-month project” that took nearly two years to complete. |