The Book

by Amaranth Borsuk

Book Overview

The book as object, as content, as idea, as interface.

What is the book in a digital age? Is it a physical object containing pages encased in covers? Is it a portable device that gives us access to entire libraries? The codex, the book as bound paper sheets, emerged around 150 CE. It was preceded by clay tablets and papyrus scrolls. Are those books? In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Amaranth Borsuk considers the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262535416
• ISBN13: 9780262535410
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 7.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher