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Beyond the finish line : images, evidence, and the history of the photo-finish /
"In the 1880s photographers and sports enthusiasts confidently declared the end of dead heats in sporting competition. Reflecting a broader social belief in technology, proponents of the camera stressed that the device could provide definitive proof of who won and who lost. Yet despite this rem...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
[2020]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- BEYOND THE FINISH LINE
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Tables and Figures
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Images, Objectivity, and Visual Evidence in Sport
- 2 Instantaneous Photography: Nineteenth-Century Origins of the Photo-Finish
- 3 Electric Eyes, Eyes in the Sky, and Two Eyes: From Photographs of Finishes to Photo-Finishes
- 4 The Business of the Photo-Finish: omega and the Olympic Games
- 5 Accuracy vs Precision: Interpretation, Nonintervention, and the Limits of Technology
- 6 Beyond the Finish Line: Decision Aids and the Myth of Pure Measurement
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.