-depth coverage of the fundamental principles that govern the art, such as how light behaves, optics, and the

history / William Uricchio -- "Critical social optics" and the transformations of audio-visual culture

Theories, histories and images -- Photography and unconscious optics -- Critical theory, mass

optics -- The waning of the sovereign state: towards a new paradigm for international law -- The concept

atmospheric optics.

Foreword -- Introduction -- Fundamentals of photography -- Optics -- Principles of representation

: Compression -- 19: Magnetic Media -- 20: Optical Media -- 21: Fiber Optics -- 22: Timecode -- 23: Audio for