Real Space: The fate of physical presence in the digital age, on and off planet-Hardcover

By: Paul Levinson

Language: English

Quality: Like New

Genre: History, Science,

ISBN: 97006130

SKU: BE501630936265

Pages: 176

Description: NOTE: ORGANIZATION STAMP ON TITLE PAGE.INSIDE CONTENT IS IN GOOD CONDITION.// Why do humans long to reach beyond the confines of our planet? Why, in an age when our voices routinely bounce off satellites to around the world and back, hasn't a human set foot on the moon for 30 years? A visionary work by the most provocative and original thinker on technology and human communication since Marshall McLuhan, RealSpace traces the neat marriage of communication and transportation --talking and walking--that recently ended in a jarring separation. Throughout recent history, Levinson shows, rail lines and telegraphs, cars and radios, airplanes and television have been coupled in a synergy that allowed us to reach the places we heard about. But with the invention of the Internet and cell phones, our verbal reach has exceeded our corporeal grasp.