In the case of Curves and Surfaces for CAGD (Computer Aided Graphics and Design), Gerald Farin has been written and maintained a definitive work on computer graphics and graphics programming. This new edition comes with a restructuring of the entire book, as well as new material on such things as "least square technique." Twenty-four chapters and nearly 500 pages cover everything from 3-D geometry introduction through linear interpolation basis, for a special algorithm for the construction of the curve. It's as if the chapters freely depicted not enough, the publisher has put together a Web site that includes examples and C code from the book. For each student 3-D computer graphics programming, this book certainly offers a historical, theoretical, and practical examples that can be used in various applications.