Before Memex: Robert Hooke, John Locke, and Vannevar Bush on External Memory
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Before Memex: Robert Hooke, John Locke, and Vannevar Bush on External Memory
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عنوان ژورنال: Science in Context
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0269-8897,1474-0664
DOI: 10.1017/s0269889706001128