Places of Power: The Aesthetics of Technology (Signed First Edition)
Language: English
Published by Ventana Editions, Carmel Valley, CA, 2000
- First Edition
- Signed
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA
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Condition: Used
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First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Features a foreword by Walter Cronkite along with an essay by Rob Pike.Includes 83 duotone images. A very near fine copy in a close to near fine dust jacket with a few small scratches. Signed and very warmly inscribed by Sexton on the half title page to his long time friend photographer Ray McSaveney. Also includes an 8 page advance excerpt booklet. A very nice association copy.
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- Title
- Places of Power: The Aesthetics of Technology (Signed First Edition)
- Author
- SEXTON, John and Rob Pike
- Publisher
- Ventana Editions, Carmel Valley, CA
- Publication year
- 2000
- Dust jacket
- dj
- Signed
- Signed
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0967218810
- ISBN 13
- 9780967218816
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Item weight
- 5.125 pounds
- Seller catalogs
- Photography
The book includes a foreword by journalist Walter Cronkite, as well as an essay by computer scientist, Rob Pike. John Sexton shares his experiences and challenges in the making of these photographs in his own essays.
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About the Author
WALTER CRONKITE, a legendary journalist, has covered virtually every major news event from World War II to the current Space Shuttle program. He became an American icon as the CBS Evening News anchor from 1962 through 1981. During that period he reported on what he considers the greatest story of our time - humankind's landing on the moon. Twice named "The Most Trusted Man in America," Cronkite's steady, straightforward voice is forever tied to the defining moments of the second half of the 20th century.
ROB PIKE has been a member of the Computing Science Research Center of Bell Labs since 1980, where he studies the ways computers can help computer programmers write better programs. In 1981, he developed one of the first systems that used windows to allow multiple applications to share the display. He is a principal architect of the Plan 9 and Inferno operating systems and the author, with Brian Kernighan, of "The Unix Programming Environment and The Practice of Programming".
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Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA
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