A Science of Signals: Einstein, Inertia, and the Postal System

Jimena Canales is Associate Professor in the Department of the History of Science at Harvard University, specializing in the history of physics and astronomy and contemporary cultural theory. She is the author of A Tenth of a Second: A History (Chicago University Press, 2010) and numerous articles on the history of science, architecture, film and visual technologies. Recent publications include “A Number of Scenes in a Badly Cut Film: Observation in the Age of Strobe,” in Histories of Scientific Observation (2011) and “Movement before Cinematography: The High-Speed Qualities of Sentiment,” in the Journal of Visual Culture 5 (2006).