Robots, androids, and bionic people pervade popular culture, from classics like âÂÂFrankensteinâ and âÂÂR.U.R.â to modern tales such as âÂÂThe Six Million Dollar ManâÂÂ, âÂÂThe TerminatorâÂÂ, and âÂÂA.I.âÂÂ. Our fascination is obvious and the technology is quickly moving from books and films to real life. In a lab at MIT, scientists ...
From ocean foam to cappuccino, a physicist makes readers increasingly aware of both the importance and fascination of foam. Along the way he illuminates two of the oldest manufactured foams--bread and beer--and shares the secret of cooking a great souffle.
Whether depicting humans battling aliens or a brave geologist saving lives as a volcano erupts, science-fiction films are an exciting visual and sensuous introduction to the workings of science and technology. These films explore a range of complex topics in vivid and accessible ways, from space travel and laser technology to genetic engineering, ...
In this title, the author provides an animated explanation of the mechanics of human perception, discussing the process by which the eye receives a flood of data and the brain renders it intelligible. But since we respond viscerally to light, with emotion and aesthetic appreciation, he goes on to describe how physiological responses are connected ...
Physicist Sidney Perkowitz, whom the Washington Post calls "a gloriously lucid science writer," exposes the full dimensions of foam in our lives, from cappuccino to the cosmos. Foam affects the taste of beer, makes shaving easier, insulates take-out coffee cups and NASA space shuttles, controls bleeding in trauma victims, aids in ...
In this title, the author provides an animated explanation of the mechanics of human perception, discussing the process by which the eye receives a flood of data and the brain renders it intelligible. But since we respond viscerally to light, with emotion and aesthetic appreciation, he goes on to describe how physiological responses are connected ...
"Direct Cinema" is the first comprehensive study of the "direct cinema" movement of 1960s America. Through the inquisitiveness of filmmakers such as Robert Drew, D.A. Pennebaker, and Frederick Wiseman& mdash;and predicated on innovations such as portable cameras and synchronized sound& mdash;direct cinema intimately documented presidential ...
"The Image and the Witness: Trauma, Memory and Visual Culture" is a timely interdisciplinary collection of original essays concerning the ethical stakes of the image in our visually-saturated age. It explores the role of the material image in bearing witness to historical events and the visual representation of witnesses to collective trauma. In ...
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