Ether : the nothing that connects everything

Summary: 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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780816697649
ISBN: 9780816646449
ISBN: 0816697647
ISBN: 0816646449
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxiii, 208 pages) : illustrations
remote
Computer data.
Publisher: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2006.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:july.24 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-195) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by JSTOR.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.