About the Authors

John P. Flynt, Ph.D., has taught at colleges and universities, and has authored courses and curricula for several college-level game development programs. His academic background includes work in information technology, the social sciences, and the humanities. Among his works are In the Mind of a Game, Perl Power!, Java Programming for the Absolute Beginner, UnrealScript Game Programming All in One, Software Engineering for Game Developers, and Simulation and Event Modeling for Game Developers (with co-author Ben Vinson). John lives in the foothills near Boulder, Colorado.

Boris Meltreger received an advanced degree (Candidate of Technical Science) while still a citizen of Russia. He has extensive experience in R&D for sonar, optical computing, and laser therapy equipment. He has authored 18 inventions and many technical articles, research reports, and manuals. Now a citizen of the U.S., for the past few years, Boris has been with Rogue Wave Software, specializing in the development of products and software libraries for Visual C++ and C#. His dedication to the study of mathematics goes back to high school, where he specialized in physics and math as a student in the renowned School 239 in St. Petersburg. He is the creator of Visual Formula. Boris lives in Aurora, Colorado.