| Description |
viii, 231 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Pictures of the new and materialization of vision from the age of discover to the era of posthuman -- Ch. 2. The materialization of sentience : the dynamo and the virgin -- Ch. 3. The incubator : Niepce's heliographic imprint of 1826 -- Ch. 4. Reimaging the computer's origins : mechanical drawing and Charles Babbage's calculating engines -- Ch. 5. Alternate models of the virtual : optical thresholds in camera lucidas and head-mounted displays -- Ch. 6. Beyond the cyborg : Antonio Panizzi's 1852 diagram of a circular reading room at the British Museum -- Ch. 7. Unorthodox time machines : images and instruments across space, time and history |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Multimedia systems -- History.
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| LC no. |
2004043824 |
| ISBN |
0826462723 |
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0826462731 paperback |
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