Sensible Atoms: A Techno-aesthetic Approach to Representation.

This essay argues that nano-images would be best understood with an aesthetical approach rather than with an epistemological critique. For this aim, I propose a 'techno-aesthetical' approach: an enquiry into the way instruments and machines transform the logic of the sensible itself and not just the...

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Publicado en:NanoEthics Vol. 5; no. 2; pp. 203 - 223
Autor principal: Loeve, Sacha
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Jun2011
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