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Understanding computers and cognition: A new foundation for design by Terry Winograd and Fernando Flores, 207 pages, Ablex 1986, $24.95.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 July 2009

Claire O'Malley
Claire O'Malley
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Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University.
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The Knowledge Engineering Review , Volume 3 , Issue 3 , September 1988 , pp. 250 - 253
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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