A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 0 471 97417 X (cloth) ISBN 0 471 97418 8 (paper) This book is printed on acid-free paper responsibly manufactured from sustainable forestry, in which at least two trees are planted for each one used for paper production.

Book publishing has been defined and discussed by various authors. Granis (1967), defined it ―making public-to send forth among the people-the words and pictures the creative minds have produced, that editors have worked over, that printers have reproduced. He further explained it as ―a formidable succession of activities no one of which can by itself, be called publishing. It is only when a ma...

Scope: The book provides the most up-to-date introduction to digital video and television. The entire process is covered, from video production, to its delivery through broadcasting or streaming. Video acquisition, color theory and visual quality are presented. Video compression and broadcasting systems are overviewed. The latest trends in 3DTV and digital cinema production are also presented. ...

Eight years ago the three authors of this contribution, along with three others, published The New Production of Knowledge: The Dynamics of Science and Research in Contemporary Societies (Gibbons et al 1994). Reviews were mixed. Some philosophers, historians and sociologists of science regarded the argument in the book as either simplistic or banal (or perhaps both), while science policy analys...