The Telling Image

The Changing Balance between Pictures and Words in a Technological Age

AvDuncan Davies,Diana and Robin Bathurst

Inbunden, Engelska, 1990

Del 5 i serien Science, Technology, and Society Series

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Beskrivning

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

Utgivningsdatum:1990-11-15
Mått:164 x 244 x 15 mm
Vikt:412 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Science, Technology, and Society Series
Antal sidor:184
Förlag:Clarendon Press
ISBN:9780198583394

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Mer om författaren

Davies: deceased. Was General Manager, Research ICI, then Chief Scientist & Engineer, Department of Industry.D. & R. Bathhurst: both retired

Recensioner i media

`Duncan Davies came to realise that an increasing proportion of what we learn is reaching us in the form of pictures. When he died his book was completed on his behalf and in his memory and of his concepts. It is an important message and as we make whatever transition there is to picture communication this book will help all understand what is happening. Computer Books Review

Innehållsförteckning

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.