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The Telling Image

The Changing Balance between Pictures and Words in a Technological Age

Inbunden, Engelska, 1990

AvDuncan Davies,Diana and Robin Bathurst

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Almost unnoticed, profound changes are taking place in society as our methods of communication come to depend more on pictures and images and less on words and numbers. These changes, which are largely being brought about by the increasing use of computers, affect a wide range of human activities: science and technology, commerce and industry, medicine, education, the media, and the everyday world of shopping, entertainment, and travel.Bringing to bear a wide range of scientific, technological, and industrial experience on this phenomenon, this highly readable account reviews its history and examines the implications for science, technology, and society. It explores the problems of storing and indexing images in digital computers and goes on to discuss present and future trends in the use of images for communication.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1990-11-15
Mått164 x 244 x 15 mm
Vikt412 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieScience, Technology, and Society Series
Antal sidor184
FörlagClarendon Press
ISBN9780198583394

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The communications scene; The history of words, numbers, and pictures as records; Words, numbers, and pictures in childhood; Words, numbers, and pictures: sorting and indexing; Pictures and words in engineering, physics, and chemistry; Pictures and words in biology and medicine; Pictures and words in everyday life and study; The way ahead: the future of pictures; Appendix: Jack Meadows: Recent work on computer graphics; Bibliography; Index.