Biogeography

Biogeography
Lomolino, Mark V.
Riddle, Brett R.
Whittaker, Robert J.
Brown, James H.
2010
Sunderland, Massachusetts, Sinauer Associates, Inc.  878 p.
Resumen: Biogeography, Fourth Edition is written as a primary text for undergraduate and graduate courses, and is also an invaluable reference for biogeographers, ecologists, evolutionary biologists, and conservation biologists. Starting from simple facts and principles and assuming only a rudimentary knowledge of biology, geography, and Earth history, the text explains the relationships between geographic variation in biodiversity and the geological, ecological, and evolutionary processes that have produced them. Written in an engaging style, Biogeography emphasizes the interplay between unifying concepts and presents evidence that supports or challenges these concepts. The use of color illustrations (new to this edition), evaluated and optimized for colorblind readers as well, has transformed our abilities to illustrate key concepts and empirical patterns in the geography of nature. The addition of the distinguished plant ecologist and biogeographer Robert J. Whittaker to our team of authors has substantially enhanced the balance and depth of coverage of classical foundations, empirical case studies, and frontiers of biogeography.
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Ciencia ambiental

Ciencia ambiental : un estudio de interrelaciones
Enger & Smith
2006
México, McGrawHill.
Resumen: Este libro ofrece gran cantidad de cuadros, gráficas y dibujos que presentan de manera sencilla la envergadura de las cuestiones ambientales, que se abordan desde un punto de vista ético, a la vez que se proporcionan el acceso a la información y el marco conceptual necesarios para comprender las cuestiones ambientales senci llas y complejas. Cada capitulo presenta una sección importante: problemas-análisis, que refleja las cuestiones actuales y ofrece datos actualizados relacionados con el tema del capitulo. Además, cuenta con otras 10 lecturas que complementan el contenido del texto.
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gvSIG y cooperación

gvSIG y cooperación : cómo construir e incorporar un sistema de información geográfica a tu proyecto
Arnalich, Santiago
Ton-That, Thao
2010
[San Bernardino, C.A.],  Arnalich water and habitat.  165 p.
Resumen : Con este manual los autores se han propuesto popularizar el SIG en proyectos de cooperación. Este libro te ayudará a comenzar con el software, mostrándote las funciones más útiles y comunes para construir un sistema con el que tomar decisiones en tu proyecto.
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Atlas de detalles constructivos

Atlas de detalles constructivos
Beinhauer, Peter
2012
Barcelona, Gustavo Gili.  342 p.
Resumen: En gran medida, la calidad de los proyectos de ejecución viene dada por la precisión del dibujo de los detalles constructivos de los elementos más importantes del propio proyecto. Esta especificación detallada supone una ayuda para la elaboración de las mediciones, el dimensionado de los elementos constructivos, la representación de los materiales y su modo de colocación y, en general, para lograr una mayor seguridad en la obra.
Este libro recopila más de 400 detalles constructivos que ayudan a la elaboración de la documentación de la fase de ejecución de un proyecto arquitectónico. Cada ficha corresponde al dibujo a escala 1:10 o 1:5 de un detalle constructivo. Para facilitar una búsqueda rápida y eficaz, las fichas se han organizado en siete temas: cimentaciones, paredes exteriores, divisiones interiores, huecos (ventanas y puertas), forjados, escaleras y cubiertas.
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Cartografía digital

Cartografía digital
Mena Berrios, Juan
1992
Madrid, RA-MA.  313 p.
Resumen: En este libro se tratan brevemente los procedimientos de producción cartográfica tradicional y numérico, incluyéndose unos conceptos básicos de informática como introducción a los procesos digitales. Asimismo, se estudia la composición y principales características de un sistema de información geográfica, desarrollándose a modo de ejemplo y como aplicación de software interno, el código C necesario para el cambio de formato de los elementos gráficos residentes en la base de datos. Sin duda, el citado contenido hace que el libro sea de interés para quienes están relacionados o se sienten atraídos de alguna forma por el campo de la cartografía.
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Digital lighting & rendering

Digital lighting & rendering
Birn, Jeremy
2006
Berkeley, New Riders. 416 p.
Resumen: Crafting a perfect rendering in 3D software means nailing all the details. And no matter what software you use, your success in creating realistic-looking illumination, shadows and textures depends on your professional lighting and rendering techniques. In this lavishly illustrated new edition, Pixar's Jeremy Birn shows you how to:
Master Hollywood lighting techniques to produce professional results in any 3D application
Convincingly composite 3D models into real-world environments
Apply advanced rendering techniques using subsurface scattering, global illumination, caustics, occlusion, and high dynamic range images
Design realistic materials and paint detailed texture maps
Mimic real-life camera properties such as f-stops, exposure times, depth-of-field, and natural color temperatures for photorealistic renderings
Render in multiple passes for greater efficiency and creative control
Understand production pipelines at visual effects and animation studios
Develop your lighting reel to get a job in the industry
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The art of 3D computer animation and effects

The art of 3D computer animation and effects
Kerlow, Isaac
2009
Hoboken, N.J.,  John Wiley & Sons.  499 p.
Resumen:This remarkable edition of The Art of 3D Computer Animation and Effects offers clear, step-by-step guidelines for the entire process of creating a fully rendered 3D computer animation. With up-to-date coverage of the latest computer animation styles and techniques, this versatile guide provides insightful information for creating animations and visual effects—from creative development and preproduction to finished animation. Designed to work with any computer platform, this Fourth Edition cuts through technical jargon and presents numerous easy-to-understand instructive diagrams. Full-color examples are presented—including VFX and animated feature movies, games, and TV commercials—by such leading companies as Blue Sky, Blur, BUF, Disney, DreamWorks, Electronic Arts, Framestore, ILM, Imagi, Microsoft, Mac Guff, The Mill, Menfond, Pixar, Polygon, Rhythm & Hues, Sony Imageworks, Tippett, Ubisoft, and Weta, and many other studios and groundbreaking independent artists from around the world.
This fully revised edition features new material on the latest visual effects techniques, a useful update of the traditional principles of animation, practical information on creative development, multiple production pipeline ideas for shorts and visual effects, plus updated information on current production trends and techniques in animation, rendering, modeling, rigging, and compositing.
Whether you are a student, an independent artist or creator, or a production company team member, The Art of 3D Computer Animation and Effects, Fourth Edition gives you a broad palette of tips and techniques for bringing your visions to life through 3D computer animation.
Unique focus on creative development and production issues
Non-platform specific, with multiple examples illustrated in a practical, step-by-step approach
The newest computer animation techniques, including facial animation, image-based and non-photorealistic rendering, model rigging, real-time models, and 2D/3D integration
Over 700 full-color images
Encyclopedic timeline and production pipeline
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Visualizing data

Visualizing data
Fry, Ben
2008
Sebastopol, CA, O'Reilly.  366 p.
Resumen: Enormous quantities of data go unused or underused today, simply because people can't visualize the quantities and relationships in it. Using a downloadable programming environment developed by the author, Visualizing Data demonstrates methods for representing data accurately on the Web and elsewhere, complete with user interaction, animation, and more. How do the 3.1 billion A, C, G and T letters of the human genome compare to those of a chimp or a mouse? What do the paths that millions of visitors take through a web site look like? With Visualizing Data, you learn how to answer complex questions like these with thoroughly interactive displays. We're not talking about cookie-cutter charts and graphs. This book teaches you how to design entire interfaces around large, complex data sets with the help of a powerful new design and prototyping tool called "Processing". Used by many researchers and companies to convey specific data in a clear and understandable manner, the Processing beta is available free. With this tool and Visualizing Data as a guide, you'll learn basic visualization principles, how to choose the right kind of display for your purposes, and how to provide interactive features that will bring users to your site over and over. This book teaches you: The seven stages of visualizing data -- acquire, parse, filter, mine, represent, refine, and interact How all data problems begin with a question and end with a narrative construct that provides a clear answer without extraneous details Several example projects with the code to make them work Positive and negative points of each representation discussed. The focus is on customization so that each one best suits what you want to convey about your data set The book does not provide ready-made "visualizations" that can be plugged into any data set. Instead, with chapters divided by types of data rather than types of display, you'll learn how each visualization conveys the unique properties of the data it represents -- why the data was collected, what's interesting about it, and what stories it can tell. Visualizing Data teaches you how to answer questions, not simply display information.
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HTML5 and CSS3

HTML5 and CSS3
Castro, Elizabeth
Hyslop, Bruce
2012
Berkeley, Peachpit Press.  550 p.
Resumen: Want to learn how to build Web sites fast? This best-selling guide’s visual format and step-by-step, task-based instructions will have you up and running with HTML5 and CSS3 in no time.
•Write semantic HTML, both with elements that have been around for years and ones that are new in HTML5.
•Prepare images for the Web and add them to your pages.
•Use CSS to style text, add background colors and images, and implement a multicolumn layout.
•Build a single site for all users—whether they are using a mobile phone, tablet, laptop, desktop computer, or other Web-enabled device—based on many of the components of responsive Web design, including CSS3 media queries.
•Leverage new selectors in CSS3, add Web fonts to your pages with @font-face, and use CSS3 effects such as opacity, background alpha transparency, gradients, rounded corners, drop shadows, shadows inside elements, text shadows, and multiple background images.
•Improve your site’s accessibility with ARIA landmark roles and other good coding practices. •Build forms to solicit input from your visitors.
•Include media in your pages with the HTML5 audio and video elements.
•Test and debug your Web pages.
•Secure a domain name and publish your site. And much more! All book code samples and more are available on the companion web site.
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Manual de fotografía

Manual de fotografía
Wright, Terence
2001
Madrid, Akal.  206 p.
Resumen: El Manual de Fotografía ofrece una introducción a los principios de la teoría y la práctica fotográfica, y propone las pautas para el estudio sistemático de los medios fotográficos. Explora además la historia de la creación de fotografías realizadas con objetivo y examina las características, alcance y limitaciones del medio. Le permitirá también al lector adquirir el vocabulario utilizado en el mundo de la fotografía y le ayuda a desarrollar una educación visual. Ayudará a los estudiantes a familiarizarse con los puntos de vista teóricos actuales como de su evolución histórica y a establecer estructuras críticas para su propia práctica fotográfica.
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