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A biography of the pixel / Alvy Ray Smith.
LIBRA TR897.7 .S52 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Alvy Ray, 1943- author.
- Series:
- Leonardo (Series) (Cambridge, Mass.)
- Leonardo
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Computer animation--History.
- Computer animation.
- History.
- 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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