Ether : the nothing that connects everything / Joe Milutis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Milutis, Joe.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ether (Space).

Ether (Space)--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (234 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, Minn. : University of Minnesota Press ; Bristol : University Presses Marketing [distributor], 2005.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

ISBN:

0-8166-9764-7

OCLC:

476095982