King-Smith
Britishnoun
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"We pretrained the model on a large body of spectroscopic data -- effectively teaching the model general chemistry -- before fine-tuning it to predict these intricate transformations," said King-Smith.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 15, 2024
For a time, Murugan seems to be working in the stable of Dick King-Smith, who gave us the children’s classic “Babe the Gallant Pig.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 25, 2019
The script is based on “The Sheep-Pig,” a children’s book by Dick King-Smith, and was adapted for the screen by Chris Noonan, the film’s director, and George Miller, its producer.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 22, 2016
A Glendale detective, however, testified that a chair covered in dusty beer bottles sat right under the window, undisturbed, casting doubt on whether King-Smith actually climbed through the window to enter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2016
The son of a businessman, King-Smith spent 20 years as a farmer, much of that experience finding its way into his books.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2011
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