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Understanding Computers and Cognition: A New Foundation for Design

by Terry Winograd, Fernando Flores · 1986

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This volume is a theoretical and practical approach to the design of computer technology.

Subject
sciencephilosophy
Themes
technology
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 207 pages

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