{"product_id":"9781501335181","title":"Eigenvalue : On the Gradual Contraction of Media in Movement; Contemplating Media in Art [Sound Image Sense] (Thinking Media)","description":"\u003cp\u003eEigenvalue provides the first history of 'eigenvalue' by building an important bridge between the hard and the soft sciences. Originally a mathematical term, Hanjo Berressem applies Eigenvalue, which roughly translates to proper value, to the media studies discipline for the first time, providing a philological history and line of development across the sciences through to contemporary cultural studies. Berressem's groundbreaking work is organized into 2 books, with the first book broken down into six topical areas - mathematics, physics, cybernetics, biology, literary studies, cultural studies. The second book discusses the place of eigenvalues in sound, light and literature, specifically, Alvin Lucier's experimental composition \"I am Sitting in a Room,\" Bill Morrison's eight-minute experimental film Light is Calling and the literary works of Thomas Pynchon. Berressem's thought-provoking philology is an important reference point for readers seeking an authoritative introduction to a term that connects other key ideas in contemporary debate.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49787534180600,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":342.71,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/8208\/6904\/files\/9781501335181-1.jpg?v=1783710705","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.au\/products\/9781501335181","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}