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The undersea network / Nicole Starosielski.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Starosielski, Nicole, 1984-
- Series:
- Sign, storage, transmission.
- Sign, storage, transmission
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cables, Submarine.
- Fiber optic cables.
- Telecommunication lines.
- Telecommunication cables.
- Communication, International.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (311 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Durham ; London : Duke University Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Unicorn and Yeti run into each other (literally) while looking for sparkly things, and despite some differences, (for instance Unicorn is magic, Yeti is not, Yeti likes snowball fights, Unicorn can not throw snowballs)--the two become friends over a shared love of hot chocolate with rainbow sprinkles.
- Contents:
- Circuitous routes: from topology to topography
- Short-circuiting discursive infrastructure: from connection to transmission
- Gateway: from cable colony to network operations center
- Pressure point: turbulent ecologies of the cable landing
- A network of islands: interconnecting the Pacific
- Cabled depths: the aquatic afterlives of signal traffic
- Surfacing.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780822357551
- 0822357550
- 9780822376224
- 0822376229
- OCLC:
- 1140710395
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