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Prelinger, Megan Shaw.

Inside the machine : art and invention in the electronic age / Megan Prelinger. - First edition. - 269 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The atom, the planet, and the tube -- Tubes that see : cathode-ray tubes -- Cold rock, warm life : crystals -- Transistors and circuit symbols -- Circuit boards and the matrix -- Automatic and digital : the emergence of computing -- Visible language -- The furthest horizon : space electronics -- Bionics, a prologue to transhumanism.

Traces the developments of the electronic age, providing a visual history of the 20th century's innovations that brought advancement in automation, bionics, computer language, and cybernetics.

ISBN: 9780393083590 0393083594

LCCN: 2015005765

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Electronic apparatus and appliances--Pictorial works.
Electronics--Popular works.
Industrial design--Popular works.
Photography, Artistic.
Electronic apparatus and appliances.
Electronics.
Industrial design.
Photography, Artistic.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Illustrated works.
Pictorial works.
Popular works.
Illustrated works.

LC Class. No.: TK7870 / .P678 2015

Dewey Class. No.: 621.381