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Seeing like a Rover : how robots, teams, and images craft knowledge of Mars / Janet Vertesi, the University of Chicago Press.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Vertesi, Janet, author.
Contributor:
EBSCOhost.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Mars Exploration Rover Mission (U.S.)--Data processing.
Mars Exploration Rover Mission (U.S.).
Roving vehicles (Astronautics).
Automatic control.
Mars (Planet)--Exploration--Data processing.
Mars (Planet).
Roving vehicles (Astronautics)--Automatic control--Data processing.
Image processing--Digital techniques.
Image processing.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xi, 318 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color
Place of Publication:
Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [2015]
System Details:
text file
Contents:
Introduction: seeing Mars and drawing Mars
Where do images come from? planning a day on Mars
Calibration: crafting trustworthy images of Mars
Image processing: drawing as and its consequences
"These images are our maps": drawing, seeing, and interacting
Collective visions
Visualization, embodiment, and social order
Constraints and "lookiloo": the limits of interpretation
"Surviving politically" and the Martian picturesque.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-306) and index.
Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
9780226156019
022615601X
Publisher Number:
99981461907
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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