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xi, 419 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-406) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction. The once and future of telecommunications technologies -- A kind of glow -- The first television century. Part 1. Breakages limited. The past is prologue -- Phase one: scientific competence -- The first transformation: ideation -- Phase two: technological performance- prototypes -- The four classes of prototypes -- The second transformation: supervening necessity, the three broad types of supervening necessities -- Phase three: technological performance - invention -- The fifth class of prototype -- The third transformation: the 'law' of the suppression of radical potential -- Phase four: technological performance - production, spin-offs, redundancies -- Necessities and constraints -- On Kuhn. Part 2. Fugitive pictures. Phase one: scientific competence. Monsieur Bequerel makes television possible, 1839 -- The first transformation: ideation, Monsieur Senlecq invents the telectroscope, 1877 -- Phase two: technological performance - prototypes -- Mr. Shelford Bidwell invents television, 1881 -- ii. The second transformation: supervening necessity, the US Navy invents television in Lancaster, PA, 1945 -- Phase three: technological performance - invention, Vladimir Zworykin invents television, 1923 -- A rose by any other name -- First television camera -- The third transformation: the 'law' of the suppression of radical potential, the FCC procrastinates about television, 1934-1952. The common good of all, 1934-1948 -- Freeze, freeze thou bitter sky, 1948-1952 -- Phase four: technological performance-production, spin-off, redundancies, RCA produces television sets, Lansing, PA, 1947 -- i. A spin-off - Bing Crosby invents videotape, 11 November 1951 -- Redundancies - the non-laser videodisk, 1960; 8mm videotape, 1980 -- A.N. Other invents the holographic moving image, ?1995?. -- |
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Part. 3. 'Inventions for casting up sums, very pretty'. Phase one: scientific competence, Monsieur Descartes renders the computer unthinkable, 1644 -- The first transformation: ideation, Richard Clippinger invents the computer, January 1944 -- Exactly the same sort of memory device -- Executed by steam -- Phase two: technological performance - prototypes, Pehr Georg Scheutz builds an engine, 1855 -- The first statistical engineer -- Substituting brass for brain -- Sur l'automatique -- The use of high speed vacuum tubes -- We might have lost the war -- The second transformation: supervening necessity, Nicholas Metropolis needs a computer, 1946 -- Phase three: technological performance - invention, William and Kilburn invent the computer, Manchester, UK, 21 June 1948 -- The Hartree Constant -- The von Neumann Constant -- The third transformation: the 'law' of the suppression of radical potential, Bryan Field needs a machine to make book, spring 1946 -- Adventures in the skin trade -- A great feast of languages. Part 4. Digression - 'The most remarkable technology' -- Phase one: scientific competence, Professor Braun invents the Cat's Whisker, 1874 -- i. The first transformation: ideation -- G.W.A. Dummer glimpses the integrated circuit, 1952 -- Phase two: technological performance - prototypes Jack Kilby builds an integrated circuit, 1958 -- The second transformation: supervening necessity Intel markets a IK RAM chip, 1968 -- Phase three: technological performance- invention Ted Hoff invents the microprocessor, 1969 -- The third transformation: the 'law' of the suppression of radical potential, Reiss of Northrop makes an IBM CPC programme itself, 1951 -- Phase four: technological performance - production, spin-offs, redundancies, Jonathan Titus invents the personal computer, July 1974. -- |
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Part 5. Little Bird of Union and understanding. Phase one: scientific competence, Sir Isaac Newton defines an artificial satellite, 1687 -- 'The birthplace of rocket navigation' -- An experimental world-circling spaceship -- The first transformation: ideation, Herman Oberth invents a communications satellite, 1923 -- Phase two: technological performance - prototypes the US Navy commanders the moon as a communication satellite, 1954 -- The second transformation: supervening necessity BBC TV by facsimile transmission, obtains film of her Her Majesty's arrival in America, October 1957 -- Phase three: technological performance - invention William Rosen and Hudspeth invent the geostationary satellite, 1962 -- The third transformation: the 'law' of the suppression of radical potential, AT&T, PTT and Deutsche Bundespost open a transatlantic telephone cable, 1965 -- The communications satellite corporation shall act as manager -- The dictates of their business judgement -- From ground station to home dish -- Phase four: technological performance - production, spin-offs, redundancies, Time Inc rents a satellite TV circuit, 1975. Part 6: Communicate by word of mouth. -- Phase one: scientific competence, Dr. Hooke invents the telephone, 1665 -- The first transformation: ideation, Sir Charles Wheatstone invents the telephone, 1831 -- Phase two: technological performance - prototypes, Herr Professor Philip Reiss invents the telephone, 1861 -- ii. The second transformation: supervening necessity, Charles Williams Jr connects home and factory by telephone, April 1877 -- Phase three: technological performance - invention, Thomas Edison invents the telephone, spring 1877 -- The third transformation: the 'law' of the suppression of radical potential, AT&T abandons telegraphy, 19 December 1913 -- Phase four: technological performance - production, spin-offs, redundancies, John Walson invents cable television, Mahanoy City, PA, 1948. Conclusion. On babble -- More information -- More change -- More inventing -- Misunderstanding media. |
| Subject |
Mass media -- Technological innovations -- History.
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Mass media -- Technological innovations. |
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History. |
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Communication -- Technological innovations -- History.
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Communication -- Technological innovations. |
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Mass media -- History. |
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Communication -- History. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Winston, Brian. Misunderstanding media. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1986 (OCoLC)559724224 |
| ISBN |
0674576632 |
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9780674576636 |
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