HOLOGRAMS C

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Sean F. Johnston is Professor of Science, Technology and Society at the University of Glasgow, UK, a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Chartered Physicist (Institute of Physics). He has worked both as an historian and as a scientist. Johnston is a recipient of the Paul Bunge Prize, administered by the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker, for the history of scientific instruments and of the George E. Davis Medal of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, for a history of chemical engineering co-written with Colin Divall. He lives in southern Scotland, where he teaches and researches the historical, social and philosophical aspects of science and technology.

- 1: Introduction
- Part A: Visual culture and modernity: the backstory to holograms
- 2: Scientific imagery and visual novelty
- 3: Grassroots modernity
- Part B: Making sense of holograms
- 4: Hologram secrets
- 5: Holograms as magic
- 6: Holograms and progress
- Part C: Hologram Cultures
- 7: Holograms for enthusiasts
- 8: Hologram communities
- 9: Holograms on display
- 10: Consuming holograms
- 11: Channelling dreams