Time in the Age of Complexity

Time & Society

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 139-155

  Dennis, Kingsley ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

complexity; ICTs; networks; real time

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547863520     PISSN: 0961463X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961463X07080259     Document Type: Article

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