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William Higinbotham | |
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 Higinbotham's Los Alamos identity photo | |
| Born | October 22, 1910 Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | November 10, 1994 (aged 84) Gainesville, Georgia, U.S. |
| Known for | Nuclear nonproliferation, Tennis for Two, the first interactive analog computer game |
William Alfred Higinbotham[1][2][3] (October 22, 1910 – November 10, 1994) was an American physicist. A member of the team that developed the first nuclear bomb, he later became a leader in the nonproliferation movement. He also has a place in the history of video games for his 1958 creation of Tennis for Two, the first interactive analog computer game and one of the first electronic games to use a graphical display.
- ^ Nyitray, Kristen J. (April–June 2011). "William Alfred Higinbotham: Scientist, Activist, and Computer Game Pioneer". IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. 33 (2): 96–101. doi:10.1109/MAHC.2011.48. S2CID 46059395. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ Highting, Goington. "Computer and Video Games". History of Computer Art. NetArt. IASLonline. Archived from the original on 2020-05-27. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ Smith, Alexander (2019). They Create Worlds: The Story of the People and Companies That Shaped the Video Game Industry, Vol. I: 1971–1982. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-42975261-2. Retrieved 2020-05-27.