Considerations on miniaturization

Space and Culture

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 210-214

  Gordon, Charles C ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Affordance; Everyday culture; Infrastructure; Miniaturization; Scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249165447     PISSN: 12063312     EISSN: 15528308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1206331205285911     Document Type: Review

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