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Stephen Robertson

Published On

2020-10-22

Page Range

pp. 75-88

Print Length

13 pages

7 Picture and sound

  • Stephen Robertson (author)
Chapter of: B C, Before Computers: On Information Technology from Writing to the Age of Digital Data(pp. 75–88)
Starting from mosaics, pointillism and weaving, the author goes on to discuss the sequence of development through photography and sound recording, to today's digitised images and sound. The discussion includes moving images, colour, halftone, facsimile transmission, and television.

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