Practical Geniuses of Technology--The Quiet Prodigy: Alan Lippman. Monica Soto Ouchi.
by Ouchi, Monica Soto; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 73Science. Publisher: The Seattle Times, 2004ISSN: 1522-3264;.Subject(s): Computer sound processing | Gifted children | Internet software | Lippman, Alan | Media players (Computer programs)DDC classification: 050 Summary: "If Alan Lippman felt uncomfortable at first, no one could blame him. There he was, this wide-eyed, brown-haired kid taking his first university course, an astronomy class that met at night....He was 11 at the time. Lippman, now 36, is profoundly gifted by any measure: He graduated from Seattle's Garfield High School at 11, earned a college degree three years later, and finished his Ph.D. in applied mathematics by the time he was old enough to vote. His most well-known contribution, though, is helping transform the Internet into a three-dimensional medium--one that included sound." (THE SEATTLE TIMES) This article discusses the career of the man responsible for bringing sound to the Internet.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Practical Geniuses of Technology--The Quiet Prodigy: Alan Lippman, May 5, 2004; pp. n.p..
"If Alan Lippman felt uncomfortable at first, no one could blame him. There he was, this wide-eyed, brown-haired kid taking his first university course, an astronomy class that met at night....He was 11 at the time. Lippman, now 36, is profoundly gifted by any measure: He graduated from Seattle's Garfield High School at 11, earned a college degree three years later, and finished his Ph.D. in applied mathematics by the time he was old enough to vote. His most well-known contribution, though, is helping transform the Internet into a three-dimensional medium--one that included sound." (THE SEATTLE TIMES) This article discusses the career of the man responsible for bringing sound to the Internet.
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