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Pros
The clearest, most concise introduction to the modern mathematics employed by the most advanced game engines today. Although the book is obviously focused on the math side of things, it puts it in a way that is actually useful as a programmer. This vo... Read More
It's like seeing some of these concepts in a new light just from the stellar delivery. It has excellent flow and is highly practical. If you're already deeply knowledgeable about all of the concepts covered, then this is at least a nicely concise revi... Read More
Cons
Just breezes through concepts, with exercises late and not contextualized to any game development scenario. If you're interested in improving your math skills or understanding for concrete common game programming scenarios, this isn't the book. Maybe ... Read More

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Quality
Very good printing quality, organization and scope.
Perfect to learn the math required for game engines (2d & 3d).
Then it breaks them all down, and puts them back together to build grassman/geometric algebra.
The quality of the images helps when the words aren’t enough.
Price
Not that big a deal but still.
Shipping
While it may be a refresher to many, it’s like seeing some of these concepts in a new light just from the stellar delivery.
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- This product had a total of 240 reviews as of our last analysis date on Sep 30 2024.
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I have never read anything so illuminating on linear algebra in general
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Removed my speculative errata see the books official website for errataupdate i have read this book all the way through a couple times now and some sections i have read repeatedly
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Over those readings i have come up with some good and not so good points about the book so here they are
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It starts with some basic pieces then uses those pieces to build interesting 3d math parts then uses those large pieces to build even more exotic math
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Then it breaks them all down and puts them back together to build grassmangeometric algebra
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The books official website now has errata thank younot so good1 some of the questions in the exercises refer to material that hasnt been introduced yet
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