Russell K. Hobbie Computer Animation Films.

Collection

Identifier: CBI 203

Staff Only

Scope and Content Note

The Russell K. Hobbie Computer Animation Films include 4 16-mm single-concept films thought to be some of the first examples of computer animation.

Dates

Creation: 1974

Language of Materials

English

Access to materials:

Access to the collection is unrestricted.

Copyright:

The Charles Babbage Institute holds the copyright to all materials in the collection, except for items covered by a prior copyright (such as published materials). Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provisions of the copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).

Biographical Note

Russell K. Hobbie was a professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Minnesota. He received his bachelor of science degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1956 and his master's degree and PhD from Harvard University in 1957 and 1960, respectively. He worked in various positions at the University of Minnesota from 1960 through 1998, beginning as a research associate and ending his career as a full professor of physics. He published Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biologyand other books and articles, as well as the computer program MacDose, designed to teach about the interaction of radiation and matter.