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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