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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784392203321

Autore

Milutis Joe

Titolo

Ether [[electronic resource] ] : the nothing that connects everything / / Joe Milutis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, Minn., : University of Minnesota Press

Bristol, : University Presses Marketing [distributor], 2005

ISBN

0-8166-9764-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 p.)

Disciplina

530.1

Soggetti

Ether (Space)

Ether (Space) - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-195) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: superflux of sky -- Part I. Radiance and intellect. Paradigm lost: ether and the metaphysics of pop science -- Holy science, film, and the end of ether -- Part II. The lovely intangibles. Radio, ether, and the avant-garde -- Ether underground: the postwar representation of outer space -- Conclusion: visualizing networks, selling transcendence.

Sommario/riassunto

In Ether, the histories of the unseen merge with discussions of the technology of electromagnetism. Navigating more than three hundred years of the ether's cultural and artistic history, Joe Milutis reveals its continuous reinvention and tangible impact without ever losing sight of its ephemeral, elusive nature. The true meaning of ether, Milutis suggests, may be that it can never be fully grasped.