Computer display systems

JUL 01, 1970

A single picture may be worth a thousand words. Physicists are learning to make better use of computer graphics in problem setting and solving.

DOI: 10.1063/1.3022230

George A. Michael

COMPUTER GRAPHICS has been defined in many ways. The clearest definition, however, is still that it is an efficient (perhaps the most efficient) technique for exchanging useful information between computer and user, primarily through pictures. We will be interested here in exploring the uses of computer graphics in physics: the techniques now used and their strengths and weaknesses.

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More about the Authors

George A. Michael. Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Livermore, California.