The Metaphoric Circuit
Organic and Technological Communication in the Nineteenth Century
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 4456474 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Laura Otis (0000-0001-5971-0101, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2002 |
| Volumen | 63 |
| Número | 1 |
| Páginas | 105-128 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2002-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | No |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Journal of the History of Ideas (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0022-5037 • E-ISSN: 1086-3222 |
| Editorial | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/jhi.2002.0007 |
| PMID | 12051258 |
| OpenAlex | W2044571354 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 8 |
| Referencias citadas | 5 |
In 1851 the telegraph and the nervous system appeared to be doing the same things and for the same reasons. Their common purpose was the transmission of information, and they both conveyed this information as alterations in electrical signals. By calling the nervous system a "model" for the telegraph, DuBois-Reymond suggested that organic communications systems offered solutions to problems encountered by technological ones
Art · Information transmission · Literature · Nervous system · Telecommunications · Transmission (telecommunications) · Computer Science · Cybernetics and Technology in Society · Digital Humanities and Scholarship · History of Science and Medicine · Media, Communication, and Education · Multidisciplinary Warburg-centric Studies · Neuroscience · Philosophy · Philosophy, History, and Historiography · Psychology
| Obras citantes distintas | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citas por año | 0,38 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2005 - 2024 (20) |
| Velocidad de citación | recent |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 7 |