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| Product ID: | 9781501363177 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Thinking Media |
| Title: | Eigenvalue |
| Subtitle: | On the Gradual Contraction of Media in Movement; Contemplating Media in Art [Sound Image Sense] |
| Authors: | Author: Hanjo Berressem |
| Page Count: | 232 |
| Subjects: | Philosophy: aesthetics, Philosophy: aesthetics, Media studies, Media studies |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Eigenvalue provides the first history of 'eigenvalue' by building an important bridge between the hard and the soft sciences. Originally a mathematical term, Hanjo Berressem applies Eigenvalue, which roughly translates to proper value, to the media studies discipline for the first time, providing a philological history and line of development across the sciences through to contemporary cultural studies. Berressem's groundbreaking work is organized into 2 books, with the first book broken down into six topical areas - mathematics, physics, cybernetics, biology, literary studies, cultural studies. The second book discusses the place of eigenvalues in sound, light and literature, specifically, Alvin Lucier’s experimental composition “I am Sitting in a Room,†Bill Morrison’s eight-minute experimental film Light is Calling and the literary works of Thomas Pynchon. Berressem's thought-provoking philology is an important reference point for readers seeking an authoritative introduction to a term that connects other key ideas in contemporary debate. Eigenvalue provides the first history of ''eigenvalue'' by building an important bridge between the hard and the soft sciences. Originally a mathematical term, Hanjo Berressem applies Eigenvalue, which roughly translates to proper value, to the media studies discipline for the first time, providing a philological history and line of development across the sciences through to contemporary cultural studies. Berressem''s groundbreaking work is organized into 2 books, with the first book broken down into six topical areas - mathematics, physics, cybernetics, biology, literary studies, cultural studies. The second book discusses the place of eigenvalues in sound, light and literature, specifically, Alvin Lucier’s experimental composition “I am Sitting in a Room,” Bill Morrison’s eight-minute experimental film Light is Calling and the literary works of Thomas Pynchon. Berressem''s thought-provoking philology is an important reference point for readers seeking an authoritative introduction to a term that connects other key ideas in contemporary debate. |
| Imprint Name: | Bloomsbury Academic USA |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-03-19 |