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Things that talk : object lessons from art and science / edited by Lorraine Daston.
Publication details: New York : Zone ; London : MIT [distributor], 2004.Description: 447 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cmISBN:- 9781890951443
- 1890951447
- N72.S3 T55 2004
Contents:
Subject: In nine original essays, internationally renowned historians of art and science seek to understand how objects become charged with significance without losing their gritty materiality.
Speechless / Lorraine Daston --
Bosch's equipment / Joseph Leo Koerner --
Freestanding column in eighteenth-century religious architecture / Antoine Picon --
Staging an empire / M. Norton Wise and Elaine M. Wise --
Science whose business is bursting / Simon Schaffer --
Res Ipsa Loquitur / Joel Snyder --
Glass flowers / Lorraine Daston --
Image of self / Peter Galison --
News, papers, scissors / Anke te Heesen --
Talking pictures / Caroline A. Jones.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Non-fiction | Main Collection | N 72 .S3 T55 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5162174 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Speechless / Lorraine Daston --
Bosch's equipment / Joseph Leo Koerner --
Freestanding column in eighteenth-century religious architecture / Antoine Picon --
Staging an empire / M. Norton Wise and Elaine M. Wise --
Science whose business is bursting / Simon Schaffer --
Res Ipsa Loquitur / Joel Snyder --
Glass flowers / Lorraine Daston --
Image of self / Peter Galison --
News, papers, scissors / Anke te Heesen --
Talking pictures / Caroline A. Jones.
In nine original essays, internationally renowned historians of art and science seek to understand how objects become charged with significance without losing their gritty materiality.
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