This book was a major influance on me when I was writing my PhD. So cool to be reminded of it.
Thanks for posting!
The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants (1990) [pdf]
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#12A related and excellent book is The Computational Beauty of Nature by Gary William Flake.
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#13Love this book. Easy to grasp. Fun to code and ever so pretty.
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#14If you're familiar with Blender and want to try making some 3D L-systems, the Animation Nodes addon has a handy L-system node.
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#15Early in my university days, I was studying for a test in the science and engineering library. Restless, I wandered around and pulled some books at random looking for a distraction. I found this book, and poof! My study time vanished. I started learning OpenGL just so I could try some of these things. At the time, I thought "algorithms" were something I'd always be bad at, but playing with the ideas in this book help…
opengl was definitely my gateway into being better with 3D math. I ended up writing a couple xscreensavers based on my knowledge (glplant and pulsar).