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Particle Systems

First description of the concept:

• Reeves, W. T. “Particle Systems—a Technique for Modeling a Class of Fuzzy Objects.” ACM Transactions on Graphics 2, no. 2 (April 1, 1983): 91–108. https://doi.org/10.1145/357318.357320.

First implementation:

• Meyer, Nicholas. Genesis Sequence - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, 1982. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnziufszqSE&feature=youtu.be.

Galaxy formation:

• Spinrad, Hyron. Galaxy Formation and Evolution. Springer-Praxis Books in Astrophysics and Astronomy. Berlin ; New York : Chichester, UK: Springer ; Published in association with Praxis Pub, 2005.
• Cen, Renyue. “Movie of AMR Galaxy Formation.” Accessed June 28, 2020. https://www.astro.princeton.edu/~cen/AMR_GalaxyFormation-2.mp4.