Algorithmic alchemy, or the work of code in the age of computerized visualization

Visualization in the Age of Computerization

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 19-39

  Webmoor, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 84948671474     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203066973     Document Type: Chapter

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