William Higinbotham
American physicist (1910–1994) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Born | (1910-10-22)October 22, 1910 Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S. |
Died | November 10, 1994(1994-11-10) (aged 84) Gainesville, Georgia, U.S. |
Known for | Nuclear nonproliferation, Tennis for Two, the first interactive analog computer game |
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