home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: la.seminars
- Path: sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!cheshire.oxy.edu!usenet
- From: rodney@cub.math.oxy.edu. (Rodney Hoffman)
- Subject: Dec 2: Project Mathematics!
- Message-ID: <1992Nov24.012301.17829@cheshire.oxy.edu>
- Keywords: computer animation, education, CPSR
- Sender: usenet@cheshire.oxy.edu (System Account)
- Nntp-Posting-Host: panther.math.oxy.edu
- Organization: Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA. USA
- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 01:23:01 GMT
- Lines: 35
-
-
-
- Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
- Los Angeles Chapter Meeting
-
- Wednesday, December 2, 7:30 p.m.
- Room 121, New GSLIS Bldg., UCLA
- *** (Note: This is not in Powell Library! See below.) ***
-
-
- Project Mathematics!
- Computer animation in service of education
-
- Dr. James F. Blinn, Caltech
- Associate Director, Project Mathematics!
-
- Project Mathematics! combines words, computer visualization, music, and special
- effects in computer animated videotapes on basic topics in mathematics,
- providing an audiovisual resource to supplement textbooks and classroom
- instruction.
-
- Dr. Blinn is a pioneer in computer graphics animation. He has won
- international and national awards for his computer animation efforts in the
- Mechanical Universe and Beyond television series. In addition , he has won
- numerous awards for graphic work while at Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
-
-
- CPSR meetings are free and open to the public. For more information, contact
- Rodney Hoffman <rodney@oxy.edu>.
-
- The new Graduate School of Library and Information Science Building is on the
- northeast part of campus, near the University Research Library. The address is
- 300 Circle Drive North. On-campus parking is $5.
-
-
-