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The Cybernetics Moment: Or Why We Call Our Age The Information Age

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Book Title: The Cybernetics Moment: Or Why We Call Our Age The Informati...

Item Length: 9in

Item Height: 0.9in

Item Width: 6in

Author: Ronald R. K Line

Publication Name: Cybernetics Moment : or Why We Call Our Age the Information Age

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

Publication Year: 2017

Series: New Studies in American Intellectual and Cultural History Ser.

Type: Textbook

Item Weight: 17.6 Oz

Number of Pages: 352 Pages

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