Multimedia - From Wagner to Virtual Reality (Paperback, Expanded Edition)

"[A]n important book....For anyone who wants to know where multimedia technology is going, or where it has been."—Boston Globe

"I recommend this book to you with an earnestness that I have seldom felt for any collection of historic texts," writes William Gibson in his foreword. Tracing the fertile series of collaborations between arts and sciences throughout the twentieth century, Randall Packer and Ken Jordan present the often overlooked history behind multimedia—the interfaces, links, and interactivity we all take for granted today. "Many of the papers that had profound impact upon my development—to say nothing of the entire industry—are here," raves Donald A. Norman, author of The Invisible Computer.

In "an evocative whirlwind tour through 100 years of work" (Wired), Packer and Jordan bring together an "historically significant" (Slashdot) collection of the groundbreaking visions of scientists like Vannevar Bush, Douglas Englebart, and Norbert Wiener, and artists like John Cage, Nam June Paik, and William Gibson. Their insightful explanations of the core concepts behind multimedia provide historical context that "reads like a Western civ of modern media" (Film/Tape World).

General

Imprint:	W W Norton & Co Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2002
First published:	December 2002
Editors:	Ken Jordan • Randall Packer
Dimensions:	234 x 155 x 36mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	496
Edition:	Expanded Edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-393-32375-7
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Popular science Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > General Promotions
LSN:	0-393-32375-7
Barcode:	9780393323757

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