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In The Alchemy of Us, scientist and science writer Ainissa Ramirez examines eight inventions--clocks, steel rails, copper communication cables, photographic film, light bulbs, hard disks, scientific labware, and silicon chips--and reveals how they shaped the human experience. Ramirez tells the stories of the woman who sold time, the inventor who inspired Edison, and the hotheaded undertaker whose invention pointed the way to the computer. She describes, among other things, how our pursuit of precision in timepieces changed how we sleep; how the railroad helped commercialize Christmas; how the necessary brevity of the telegram influenced Hemingway's writing style; and how a young chemist exposed the use of Polaroid's cameras to create passbooks to track black citizens in apartheid South Africa. These fascinating and inspiring stories offer new perspectives on our relationships with technologies.
In The Alchemy of Us, scientist and science writer Ainissa Ramirez examines eight inventions--clocks, steel rails, copper communication cables, photographic film, light bulbs, hard disks, scientific labware, and silicon chips--and reveals how they shaped the human experience. Ramirez tells the stories of the woman who sold time, the inventor who inspired Edison, and the hotheaded undertaker whose invention pointed the way to the computer. She describes, among other things, how our pursuit of precision in timepieces changed how we sleep; how the railroad helped commercialize Christmas; how the necessary brevity of the telegram influenced Hemingway's writing style; and how a young chemist exposed the use of Polaroid's cameras to create passbooks to track black citizens in apartheid South Africa. These fascinating and inspiring stories offer new perspectives on our relationships with technologies.
Chapter 1: Interact
Chapter 2: Connect
Chapter 3: Convey
Chapter 4: Capture
Chapter 5: See
Chapter 6: Share
Chapter 7: Discover
Chapter 8: Think
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
Notes
Annotated Bibliography
Quote Permissions
Illustration Credits
Index
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Technik |
| Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
| ISBN-13: | 9780262542265 |
| ISBN-10: | 0262542269 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Ramirez, Ainissa |
| Hersteller: | MIT Press |
| Maße: | 220 x 155 x 30 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Ainissa Ramirez |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 06.04.2021 |
| Gewicht: | 0,522 kg |
Chapter 1: Interact
Chapter 2: Connect
Chapter 3: Convey
Chapter 4: Capture
Chapter 5: See
Chapter 6: Share
Chapter 7: Discover
Chapter 8: Think
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
Notes
Annotated Bibliography
Quote Permissions
Illustration Credits
Index
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Technik |
| Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
| ISBN-13: | 9780262542265 |
| ISBN-10: | 0262542269 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Ramirez, Ainissa |
| Hersteller: | MIT Press |
| Maße: | 220 x 155 x 30 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Ainissa Ramirez |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 06.04.2021 |
| Gewicht: | 0,522 kg |
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