Ask Why Not What reading lens
Examine the promise
Explore Books, Computers & Technology, Programming with a reading approach that gives the ideas somewhere to go. Graphics and compute APIs reward a clear view of resources, execution, and dependencies. Keep one small rendering or compute goal in mind and draw the steps it needs before extending the example.
The listed 231 pages give a sense of extent; page count alone does not establish depth or difficulty.
A question before you choose
Which claims are supported by the material I can actually inspect?
Try this with the topic
Choose one claim in the catalogue description. Identify what evidence would support it, what limits it might have, and what a sample could help you check.