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A biography of the pixel / Alvy Ray Smith.

LIBRA TR897.7 .S52 2021
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Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Genre:
  • History.
Physical Description:
x, 548 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2021]
Summary:
"The co-founder of Pixar explains the history and development of computer animation"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Foundations: Three Great Ideas
  • 1. Fourier's Frequencies: The Music Of The World
  • 2. Kotelnikov's Samples: Something From Nothing
  • 3. Turing's Computations: Eleventy-Eleven Skydillion
  • Contributions: Two High Technologies
  • 4. Dawn Of Digital Light: The Quickening
  • 5. Movies And Animation: Sampling Time
  • The Rise and Shine of Digital Light
  • 6. Shapes Of Things To Come
  • 7. Shades Of Meaning
  • 8. The Millennium And The Movie
  • Finale: The Great Digital Convergence.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
  • 9780262542456
  • 0262542455
OCLC:
1163953124
Publisher Number:
99988585616

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