The Media Lab: Inventing the Future at MITBrand goes inside the world of MIT's Media Lab, famed for leading the reinvention of communition technology and applying computer science to daily life in new ways. The lab has led innovations in such fields as digital and computer programming, videocassette technology, e-mail, and holograms. |
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Contents
PART ONE THE WORLD OF THE MEDIA | 1 |
Teething Rings | 9 |
CONTENTS | 14 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Media Lab: Inventing the Future at MIT |
| Author | Stewart Brand |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint, revised |
| Publisher | Penguin Books, 1989 |
| ISBN | 0140097015, 9780140097016 |
| Length | 285 pages |
| Subjects | › Computers / General |
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