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Scripting Reading Motions: The Codex and the Computer as Self-Reflexive Machines
An exploration of what experimental literature in both print and programmable media tells us about the act of reading.In Scripting Reading Motions, Manuel Portela explores the expressive use of book forms and programmable media in experimental works of both print and electronic literature and finds a self-conscious play with the dynamics of reading and writing. Portela examines a series of prin…
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- 9781461943303
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- 1 online resource (ix, 410 pages) :illustrations
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Between Humanities and the Digital
"Like most academic discourses, the Digital Humanities are a conversation in flux. Some would argue that the Digital Humanities are already a well-established field, pointing to the 20-year history of Humanities Computing. Others (me) see a new breed of academic with skills in both technology and the traditional humanities (the Platform Studies and Software Studies series), while others might i…
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- 9780262328364
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- 1 online resource (xii, 574 pages) :illustrations
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The Systemic Image: A New Theory of Interactive Real-Time Simulations
In media art history as well as in science studies an intensified reception of cybernetic and system-theoretical concepts can be seen in the last few years. In this work, a conceptualization of the relationship between the systemic and the iconic in interactive real-time simulations is proposed.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262335546
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- 1 online resource (viii, 384 pages)
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Financing Innovation in the United States, 1870 to Present
Leading economists and economic historians offer case studies and theoretical perspectives that fill a longstanding gap in the existing literature on technology-driven industrial development, discussing the interaction of finance and technological innovat.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262277884
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Evolving households :the imprint of technology on life
The transformative effect of technological change on households and culture, seen from a macroeconomic perspective through simple economic models.In Evolving Households, Jeremy Greenwood argues that technological progress has had as significant an effect on households as it had on industry. Taking a macroeconomic perspective, Greenwood develops simple economic models to study such phenomena as …
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- 9780262350853
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 315 pages)
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Plato and the nerd :the creative partnership of humans and technology
In this book, Edward Ashford Lee makes a bold claim: that the creators of digital technology have an unsurpassed medium for creativity. Technology has advanced to the point where progress seems limited not by physical constraints but the human imagination. Writing for both literate technologists and numerate humanists, Lee makes a case for engineering -- creating technology -- as a deeply intel…
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- 9780262341202
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- 1 online resource (xvi, 266 pages) :illustrations
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The state of economics, the state of the world
Leading economists address the ongoing challenges to economics in theory and practice in a time of political and economic crises.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262353472
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- 1 online resource (536 pages).
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Embodied computing :wearables, implantables, embeddables, ingestibles
"Embodied technologies such as wearable tracking bracelets, ingestible sensors, embeddable prosthetics, and implantable microchips all stand to redefine the human experience and what it means to speak of technology and the body. No longer the speculative stuff of science fiction, embodied technologies have arrived and are being developed by a variety of industries at an alarming rate. Embodied …
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Reconceptualizing the Industrial Revolution
Closely linked essays examine distinctive national patterns of industrialization.This collection of essays offers new perspectives on the Industrial Revolution as a global phenomenon. The fifteen contributors go beyond the longstanding view of industrialization as a linear process marked by discrete stages. Instead, they examine a lengthy and creative period in the history of industrialization,…
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- 9780262289504
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- 1 online resource (vi, 356 pages).
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New Methuselahs :the ethics of life extension
An examination of the ethical issues raised by the possibility of human life extension, including its desirability, unequal access, and the threat of overpopulation.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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