This book offers an innovative examination of the interactions of science and technology, art, and literature in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Scholars in the history of art, literature, architecture, computer science, and media studies focus on five historical themes in the transition from energy to information: thermodynamics, electromagnetism, inscription, information theory, and virtuality. Different disciplines are grouped around specific moments in the history of science and technology in order to sample the modes of representation invented or adapted by each field in response...

The "Can You Canjo" book shows how anyone, young or old, can learn to play the Canjo. Many familiar traditional children's songs are included so that the beginner Canjo player can strum right into musical action from the very first note. Music from a "tin" can? Playing music on the old Front Porch with handmade instruments made from discarded items, has a long history in the United States. The Canjo is a more modern variation of earlier single stringed instruments. The Canjo design is fretted, played by fingering just above the frets and uses discarded food cans for the resonator. The Canjo...

Music from a "tin" can? Playing music on the old Front Porch, with handmade instruments made from discarded items, has a long history in the United States. The Canjo is a more modern variation earlier single stringed instruments. The Canjo design is fretted, played by fingering and uses discarded food cans for the resonator. The Canjo is a fun and easy way for children and adults alike to learn to play a simple string instrument. The Canjo Music Book is a fun romp through the history of the Canjo all the way to how anyone, young or old, can learn to play the Canjo. Traditional folk songs and...

John -Coog- Mitchell Jr. has had an affinity for string instruments for as far back as he can remember. He has always been fascinated with not only the sounds of conventional instruments but also the music within the stretched and taut string of the archer's bow, the guy rope of the camper's tent or anything that has a string, rope, or wire attached. He hopes that all who pick up and strum the Canjo will be filled with joy, peace, and happiness.In this book, John Mitchell has selected many of his favorite hymns and arranged them for the canjo. We thank him for his countless hours with canjo...