By Sean F. Johnston
ISBN-10: 0198571224
ISBN-13: 9780198571223
fertile plot gadget for technological know-how fiction.
New operating cultures sprang as much as mutate holography, redefining its items, reshaping its audiences and reconceiving its functions. the results incorporated ever extra elegant holograms and exquisitely delicate measuring recommendations - but in addition precedence disputes, prurience and toxic enterprise rivalries.
New topics move highbrow borders, and so do their motives. This e-book attracts at the background and philosophy of technology and know-how, social experiences, politics and cultural heritage to track the trajectory of holography. the result's an in-depth account of the way new technological know-how emerges. according to extraordinary interviews with pioneer holographers and large archival study, it unearths how technological know-how, expertise, paintings and wider tradition are entwined within the sleek world.
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