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The Paul Virilio Reader
ISBN: 9780231134835 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. If nothing else, the war in Iraq and the 1991 Gulf War have taught us much about media and technology as key players in how war is waged, packaged for public consumption, and exported in real time to the rest of the globe. A critic of the art of technology, Paul Virilio has keenly observed that media images quite often constitute a strategy of war and that accident is becoming indistinguishable from attack. For more than fifty years Virilio has offered incisive and provocative criticism on technology and its moral, political, and cultural implications. Yet until now, much of his work,...
If nothing else, the war in Iraq and the 1991 Gulf War have taught us much about media and technology as key players in how war is waged, packaged for...
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150,82 |
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Soldier Dead: How We Recover, Identify, Bury, and Honor Our Military Fallen
ISBN: 9780231135153 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. What happens to members of the United States Armed Forces after they die? Why do soldiers endanger their lives to recover the remains of their comrades? Why does the military spend enormous resources and risk further fatalities to recover the bodies of the fallen, even decades after the cessation of hostilities? Soldier Dead is the first book to fully address the complicated physical, social, religious, economic, and political issues concerning the remains of men and women who die while serving their country. In doing so, Michael Sledge reveals the meanings of the war dead for...
What happens to members of the United States Armed Forces after they die? Why do soldiers endanger their lives to recover the remains of their comrade...
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112,40 |
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Kicking the Carbon Habit: Global Warming and the Case for Renewable and Nuclear Energy
ISBN: 9780231137102 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. With glaciers melting, oceans growing more acidic, species dying out, and catastrophic events like Hurricane Katrina ever more probable, strong steps must be taken now to slow global warming. Further warming threatens entire regional economies and the well being of whole populations, and in this century alone, it could create a global cataclysm. Synthesizing information from leading scientists and the most up-to-date research, science journalist William Sweet examines what the United States can do to help prevent climate devastation. Rather than focusing on cutting oil consumption, which...
With glaciers melting, oceans growing more acidic, species dying out, and catastrophic events like Hurricane Katrina ever more probable, strong steps ...
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538,65 |
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Video Camera Techniques
ISBN: 9780240513768 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book is designed as a starter guide for anyone owning a camcorder or students entering the field of broadcast or corporate video making who wish to know the principles of how to use their cameras and the way in which these principles can be applied in the studio, in the street, and in all non-broadcast situations. This edition covers the latest types of video camera and gives advice on composition, picture framing, lighting and sound.
This book is designed as a starter guide for anyone owning a camcorder or students entering the field of broadcast or corporate video making who wish ...
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286,51 |
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Television Fundamentals
ISBN: 9780240514116 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Television today means moving pictures in colour with sound, brought to the viewer by terrestrial or satellite broadcast, cable or recording medium. The technique and processes necessary to create, record, deliver and display television pictures form the major part of this book. Television Fundamentals is written in clear English, with a minimum of mathematics. Readers are taken, in a logical sequence of small steps, through the fundamental principles of the subject, with practical applications and a guide to troubleshooting included. Encoding, decoding, recording and transmission are treated...
Television today means moving pictures in colour with sound, brought to the viewer by terrestrial or satellite broadcast, cable or recording medium. T...
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470,73 |
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The Essential Television Handbook
ISBN: 9780240514451 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Television is about saving time and money, hitting deadlines and making the best of what is available. Anticipating the problems is essential when shooting on location - keep this book handy and avoid the dangers Television is about saving time and money, hitting deadlines and making the best of what is available. Anticipating the problems is essential when shooting on location - keep this book handy and avoid the dangers In order to work in television you need a sound grasp of the practical realities. This book is a handy reference source for anyone involved in location shooting. It details...
Television is about saving time and money, hitting deadlines and making the best of what is available. Anticipating the problems is essential when sho...
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337,68 |
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Audio for Television
ISBN: 9780240514642 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Audio for Television outlinines all the relevant principles and practices. Newcomers to the field will find it an invaluable, up to date resource and experienced sound people will gain from the explanations of new technology. The rate of change in the technology of television sound has recently accelerated to such a degree that it is now a sufficiently expansive subject to warrant a book of its own. These rapid changes, from the introduction first of stereo, then multi-channel or surround sound, have made it difficult for those working in this field to keep up with the technology and even...
Audio for Television outlinines all the relevant principles and practices. Newcomers to the field will find it an invaluable, up to date resource and ...
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cena:
184,17 |
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Convergence in Broadcast and Communications Media: The Fundamentals of Audio, Video, Data Processing and Communications Technologies
ISBN: 9780240515090 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 762 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This manual offers information for engineers tackling products and systems combining audio, video, data processing and communications. Without assuming any background and starting from first principles, the four core technologies of image reproduction, sound reproduction, data processing and communications are described. From digital fundamentals to conversion principles, sound and image technologies, compression techniques, digital coding principles, storage devices and communication systems, the book shows how these technologies operate together and the necessary conversions that take place...
This manual offers information for engineers tackling products and systems combining audio, video, data processing and communications. Without assumin...
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961,98 |
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Production Safety for Film, Television and Video
ISBN: 9780240515311 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Covering all aspects of production safety, this is an invaluable reference guide for the independent programme maker, freelancer, manager, producer, tutor and student filmmaker. Robin Small identifies all the major risks and gives advice on how to control and/or eliminate them. Each hazard section includes useful references to the relevant legislation, documents and licences, as well as addresses of organisations for essential advice and recommended further reading.
Important information about hazard identification, risk assessment and safety policy is provided in the chapters covering... Covering all aspects of production safety, this is an invaluable reference guide for the independent programme maker, freelancer, manager, producer, t...
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424,67 |
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Timecode a User's Guide: A User's Guide
ISBN: 9780240515397 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Suitable for those needing to get to grips with the many aspects of timecode, whether in-house or on location, this book includes: timecode and DVD, LTC & VITC in HANC packets in the serial digital TV interfaces; timecode in IEEE1395 (Firewire); and, timecode and digital video cassettes.
Suitable for those needing to get to grips with the many aspects of timecode, whether in-house or on location, this book includes: timecode and DVD, L...
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424,67 |
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Basics of Video Lighting
ISBN: 9780240515595 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Covers the different types of lights and their control, to basic studio and location settings. This work is equipment non-specific and references to technical matters are only included where necessary. It includes features such as: coverage of studio and location work; descriptions of the role of each crew member; and more.
Covers the different types of lights and their control, to basic studio and location settings. This work is equipment non-specific and references to t...
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214,87 |
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Basics of Video Production
ISBN: 9780240515601 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Now fully updated by Des Lyver to reflect the latest advances, the second edition of Basics of Video Production is a primer for anyone wishing to learn about video production. It describes the principles and processes involved in obtaining professional results in educational, training and corporate environments. Assuming little prior knowledge, this book takes the reader on a guided tour around a studio or location production, examining the production process from conceptualisation to the final screening. It features: - the latest advances in low cost non-linear editing and digital video-...
Now fully updated by Des Lyver to reflect the latest advances, the second edition of Basics of Video Production is a primer for anyone wishing to lear...
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214,87 |
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Basics of Video Sound
ISBN: 9780240515618 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Describes the principles involved in obtaining professional results in educational and corporate environments in the field of sound recording. This book covers from how to choose a microphone and obtain the best quality recordings, to editing the results for the final screening. It offers technical advice and explains the technical terms.
Describes the principles involved in obtaining professional results in educational and corporate environments in the field of sound recording. This bo...
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194,40 |
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Sound Assistance
ISBN: 9780240515724 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Sound Assistance offers a highly readable and easy-to-understand account of sound operations in radio and television studios. By knowing the characteristics of the equipment, such as threshold and compression ratios, it is much easier to achieve professional effects quickly, saving hours of trial and error. The book will suit anyone wishing to work as a sound assistant but who does not have a thorough grounding in the maths and physics. Written in an informal style with practical 'do's' and 'don'ts', the fundamental principles are explained. Where knowledge of a higher level of maths is...
Sound Assistance offers a highly readable and easy-to-understand account of sound operations in radio and television studios. By knowing the character...
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296,74 |
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Loudspeaker and Headphone Handbook
ISBN: 9780240515786 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 736 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This work provides an up-to-date technical reference to all aspects of loudspeakers and headphones. Topics covered include theory and construction of transducer drive units and enclosures, construction, application in rooms, public address and sound reinforcement.
This work provides an up-to-date technical reference to all aspects of loudspeakers and headphones. Topics covered include theory and construction of ...
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1330,47 |
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Sound Person's Guide to Video
ISBN: 9780240515953 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This work is based on a series of articles under the same name, which have been running in Audio Media magazine for a number of years. Originally intended to be an introduction to all aspects of video and film technology and techniques aimed specifically at audio people, the series has become a guide for anyone, both in audio and video circles, who wish to gain a working knowledge of the many and varied subjects that are involved in the world of video. Written by an experienced freelance journalist, the book defines all the terms and acronyms that abound in the industry. Finally, it takes a...
This work is based on a series of articles under the same name, which have been running in Audio Media magazine for a number of years. Originally inte...
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296,74 |
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Sound Engineer's Pocket Book
ISBN: 9780240516127 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A pocket book designed for sound engineers and technicians. Topics covered include noise measurement, acoustics, microphones, loudspeakers, mixing equipment, CDs, DAT, MIDI, telephony, ISDN, digital interfacing, and ultrasonics. This second edition features: substantial revisions of chapters on radio microphone frequencies, digital audio tape, and audio measurements; an extended list of further reading; and a reformatted layout.
A pocket book designed for sound engineers and technicians. Topics covered include noise measurement, acoustics, microphones, loudspeakers, mixing equ...
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286,51 |
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Web Radio: Radio Production for Internet Streaming
ISBN: 9780240516356 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The Internet is set to revolutionize radio broadcasting, production and journalism. This text examines the technology involved, and how that technology can be used to send and receive web radio broadcasts. Both the established radio practitioner and the student will learn how to create programming that adds the capabilities of the Internet to a medium that is distinctively radio. The book also has an accompanying website featuring regularly updated information and links.
The Internet is set to revolutionize radio broadcasting, production and journalism. This text examines the technology involved, and how that technolog...
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286,51 |
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Introduction to Digital Video
ISBN: 9780240516370 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 470 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This text covers the essential fundamentals of digital video from video principles, to conversion, compression, coding, interfaces and output. The text is based on the industry bible, The Art of Digital Video, but covers only the essential parts of this larger reference work. It starts right from the basics from what a digital signal is to how digital video can be applied. The new edition now has more on the computing aspects of video, digital video broadcasting and video principles, basic colorimetry and picture principles as well as progressive versus interface scanning.
This text covers the essential fundamentals of digital video from video principles, to conversion, compression, coding, interfaces and output. The tex...
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506,55 |
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Introduction to Digital Audio
ISBN: 9780240516431 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This text aims to bring all the fundamentals of digital audio to a wide audience, describing every topic in plain English. The book provides reasons rather than facts, and focuses on practical applications as opposed to theory. All of the key technologies are covered, including: Digital Audio Tape (DAT); Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB); Digital Versatile Disc (DVD); Super Audio Compact Disc (DACD); and oversampling, noise shaping and error correction theories.
This text aims to bring all the fundamentals of digital audio to a wide audience, describing every topic in plain English. The book provides reasons r...
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317,22 |