The Politics of International Standards: France and the Color TV War (Communication and Information Science)
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (979 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0893910198 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 124 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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In the following years she has continued to publish books, essays, award-winning short stories, a novel, and numerous articles, ranging from professional papers to popular journalism and travel pieces. As a pediatrician, writer, wife, and mother, Perri Klass has demonstrated how medicine is integral to the health of families and communities, and how doctors themselves struggle to balance the conflicting needs of profession, self, and family. She also wrote her first
She also wrote her first book, "A Not Entirely Benign Procedure "(1987), which chronicles her introduction to medicine and motherhood. at Harvard, Klass contributed articles to "Mademoiselle" and "The New York Times" as well as to scientific and medical journals. . While earning her M.D. In the following years she has continued to publish books, essays, award-winning short stories, a novel, and numerous articles, ranging from professional papers to popular journalism and travel pieces. As medical director of Reach Out and Read, she encourages other pediatricians to foster pre-reading skills in their young patients. About the Author As a pediatrician, writer, wife, and mother, Perri Klass has demonstrated how medicine is integral to the health of families and communities, and how doctors themselves struggle to balance the conflicting needs of profession, self, and family
Focusing on the adoption of color television standards in France, this work notes the degree to which technical standards are the result of political and economic phenomena and demonstrates how small technical differences are exploited for large gains.
The Origins of PAL and SECAM Jeffrey Hart This is still the best book-length history of the emergence of the PAL and SECAM color TV standards in Europe.