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Book Title: Ambient Commons: Attention In The Age Of Embodied Informatio...
Item Length: 8.1in
Item Height: 0.7in
Item Width: 5.4in
Author: Malcolm Mccullough
Publication Name: Ambient Commons : Attention in the Age of Embodied Information
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication Year: 2015
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 13.8 Oz
Number of Pages: 368 Pages
