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Inside the machine : art and invention in the electronic age

by Megan Prelinger

An account of twentieth-century electronic technology that examines the intersection of scientific innovation and visual design. It traces the development of vacuum tubes, transistors, and digital computing as visualised by commercial artists.

Accession 12566 ISBN 9780393083590 Publisher W. W. Norton & Co.
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