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Einstein's Discourse Networks

dc.creatorCanales, Jimena
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-21T08:29:51Z
dc.date.available2022-06-21T08:29:51Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractThis paper situates Einstein’s theory of relativity within broader networks of communication.The speed of light, explained Einstein, was an unsurpassable velocity if, and only if, it was considered in terms of »arbitrary« and »voluntary« signals. Light signals in physics belong within a broader set of signs and symbols that include communication and military signals, understood by reference to Helmholtz, Saussure, media philosophies from WWII to ‘68 (Lavelle, Ong, McLuhan) and Derrida. Once light signals in physics are considered in relation to semaphore, print, telegraph, radio, computers and tape recorders, Kittler and Habermas provide us with conflicting ways for understanding science and technology, rationality and consensus.We conclude with a study of »flash and bang« in popular accounts of relativity theory to understand the role of theoretical science in the transmission of information and violence.en
dc.identifier.doi10.28937/1000106403
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/18580
dc.identifier.urihttps://meiner.de/artikel/1000106403
dc.identifier.urihttps://mediarep.org/handle/doc/19714
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherFelix Meiner
dc.publisher.placeHamburg
dc.relation.isPartOfissn:1869-1366
dc.relation.ispartofseriesZMK Zeitschrift für Medien- und Kulturforschung
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 3.0 Generic
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
dc.subjectRelativitätstheoriede
dc.subjectKommunikationsnetzde
dc.subjectrelativity theoryen
dc.subjectcommunicationen
dc.subjectnetworken
dc.subject.ddcddc:300
dc.titleEinstein's Discourse Networksen
dc.typearticle
dc.type.statuspublishedVersion
dspace.entity.typeArticleen
local.coverpage2022-06-21T10:43:04
local.source.epage39
local.source.issue1
local.source.issueTitleProducing Places
local.source.spage11
local.source.volume5

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