In 1986, three visionaries - John Lasseter, Ed Catmull, and Steve Jobs - united to form Pixar Animation Studios. Combining their respective abilities in animation, computer graphics, and entrepreneurship, their goal was to create the very first feature length computer animated film. Against all odds and overcoming myriad obstacles, the tiny studio created "Toy Story" and single...(展开全部)

伊莱·马奥尔是以色列人，他于1969年从以色列理工学院获得博士学位。长期以来，他对数学和艺术之间的关系有着沈厚的兴趣。他在美国、英国和以色列的期刊上发表过大量论文，所涉及的领域有应用数学、数学教育和数学史。他还积极投身于阐释科学的写作，并因这方面的著作而数次获关奖。他的文章“音乐有什么样的数学特性？”曾在1979年被国家教学教师委员会评选为数学应用最佳文章全国竞赛一等奖。马奥尔博士从1981年以来一直在美国数学学会访问讲师和顾问计划的成员。他在国内外的专业会议上作过多次讲演，而且还就科学和教育问题对一般公众作过多次讲演。

In this title, Eli Maor examines the role of infinity in mathematics and geometry and its cultural impact on the arts and sciences. He evokes the profound intellectual impact the infinite has exercised on the human mind - from the 'horror infiniti' of the Greeks to the works of M.C. Escher; from the ornamental designs of the Moslems, to the sage Giordano Bruno, whose belief in ...(展开全部)

安妮·鲁尼（Anne Rooney），英国知名科普作家，剑桥大学博士，皇家文艺学会院士，皇家文学基金会研究员，英国作家协会管理委员会理事并曾担任教育作家委员会主席。她撰写了几十部科普著作，并被翻译为22种语言。其作品《明日科技：人工智能》曾于2004年入围英国皇家学会的“安万特奖”，这一奖项被广泛认为是世界科普图书领域影响力超群的奖项（霍金、彭罗斯等人的作品曾获此奖项）。她还曾入围2015年英国作协的“教育作家奖”最终5 人名单，2018年获得过英国学校图书馆协会的“信息图书奖”，并入围英国皇家学会的“青少年图书奖”最终6人名单。她曾在剑桥大学和约克大学任教，目前居住在剑桥。

Whether pondering why some numbers are uncountable, or why infinity + 1 is not the same as 1 + infinity, we've all asked the same question: What is infinity? In Beyond Infinity, Eugenia Cheng takes us on a staggering journey from elemental math to its loftiest abstractions. Along the way she considers how to use a chessboard to plan a worldwide dinner party, how to make a chick...(展开全部)

Pixar is 25 years old in 2011. This gorgeous, expansive book features the complete colour scripts and a selection of the best of the art from the twelve films to date: "Toy Story", "A Bug's Life", "Toy Story 2", "Monsters Inc.", "Finding Nemo", "The Incredibles", "Cars", "Ratatouille", "WALL E", "Up", "Toy Story 3" and "Cars 2". The full-colour scripts for each film, prominentl...(展开全部)

作者： 塔拉·贝内特是《纽约时报》的畅销书作家，撰写或参与撰写了30多本有关电视和电影的官方设定集，包括《混乱之子：官方收藏版》《危机边缘：九月的笔记本》《外乡人：电视剧官方指南》《美剧大佬》《妖魔大闹唐人街幕后制作特辑》等。她常年生活在洛杉矶，长期为《SFX》（著名科幻电影杂志）、《Total Film》（英国权威电影杂志的在线版本）、“Syfy Wire”（美国科幻电视剧频道）和《PasteMagazine》（美国电影和电视媒体杂志）等撰稿。 塔拉还在新泽西州罗文大学兼职教授。 保罗·特里既是一位音乐家，还是一位制作人，同时也是一位畅销书作家，他撰写或参与撰写了多部有关电视和电影的官方设定集。作为一位音乐人，他还为多次获奖的专题纪录片《肯亚天空下》（他还是该片的执行制片人）、电视剧《艾米丽》、惊悚电影《关怀》创作了配乐。迄今为止，保罗创作和制作了...(展开全部)

The never-before-told story of Pixar's improbable success. “Hi, Lawrence?” the caller asked. “This is Steve Jobs. I saw your picture in a magazine a few years ago and thought we’d work together someday.” After Steve Jobs was unceremoniously dismissed from Apple, he turned his attention to a little-known graphics art company that he owned called Pixar. One day, out of the blue, ...(展开全部)

Rudy Rucker is Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at San Jose State University and the author of numerous books on mathematics and philosophy, including Artificial Life Lab, Mind Tools: The Five Levels of Mathematical Reality, and The Fourth Dimension: A Guided Tour of Higher Universes. Among his works of science fiction are White Light, Software, and Space-Time Donu...(展开全部)