Cruel pies: The inhumanity of technical illustrations

Technical Communication

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 265-274

  Dragga, Sam ^a,b   Voss, Dan ^c,d,e  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Association of Teachers of Technical Writing   (United States)

^c Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control Orlando (LMMFC O)   (United States)

^d Society for Technical Communication

^e Orlando Chapter ^*  (United States)

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