Bounce Tumble, and Splash! Simulating the Physical World with Blender 3D -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Who Should Read This Book -- How This Book Is Organized -- What's on the CD -- How to Contact the Author -- Chapter 1: Re-creating the World: An Overview -- Re-creating the Physical World with Blender -- Using Materials and Textures -- Faking Physics with General Tools -- Chapter 2: The Nitty-Gritty on Particles -- Introducing Particles -- Working with Dynamic Particles -- Boids! -- Chapter 3: Getting Flexible with Soft Bodies and Cloth -- Getting the Hard Facts on Soft Bodies -- Getting Jiggly with Lattices -- Simulating Cloth and Clothing -- Demolition! -- Chapter 4: Hair Essentials: The Long and Short of Strand Particles -- Introducing Blender Hair -- A Trip to the Beauty Salon -- Other Uses for "Hair" Particles -- Chapter 5: Making a Splash with Fluids -- Using the Blender Fluid Simulator -- Getting the Shot -- Delving Further into Fluids -- Exploring Further Resources -- Chapter 6: Bullet Physics and the Blender Game Engine -- The Blender Game Engine -- Rigid Body Simulation and Ipos -- Joints, Ragdolls, and Robots -- Further Resources -- Chapter 7: Imitation of Life: Simulating Trees and Plants -- The Blender Greenhouse: Creating Foliage with L-Systems and ngPlant -- An Open Source Ivy Generator -- A Few More Points to Mention -- Appendix A: About the Companion CD -- What You'll Find on the CD -- System Requirements -- Using the CD -- Troubleshooting -- Index.