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Oxbridge Mathematician Dr Tom Crawford talks to Pat Hanrahan - the father of computer graphics - about his career at Pixar and the work that earned him 3 Academy Awards (Oscars).

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Recorded at the 12th Heidelberg Laureate Forum.

HLF 12 Spark Session: youtube.com/watch?v=eeRgdy7mtN0
Ray Tracing Algebraic Surfaces, Pat Hanrahan: dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/800059.801136

Produced by Dr Tom Crawford at the University of Oxford. Tom is Public Engagement Lead at Oxford University Lifelong Learning: conted.ox.ac.uk/profiles/tom-crawford

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Jurassic Park - Best Dinosaurs: youtube.com/watch?v=ZPjoCQi0TOc
Toy Story Opening Scene: youtube.com/watch?v=kza8gW_jnl8
The Death of T-1000 Terminator 2: youtube.com/watch?v=yiBHj8Xs4sg
Best Hair in Video Games: youtube.com/watch?v=7XEkX3eyj7s
Tubby the Tuba: youtube.com/watch?v=MTyNgHTFDfM
ACM Turing Award Lecture 2019: youtube.com/watch?v=MdPXBnJWai8

Support Tom's work via Patreon here: patreon.com/tomrocksmaths