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Book Title: Bioart And The Vitality Of Media
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 1.5in
Item Width: 7in
Author: Robert E. Mitchell
Publication Name: Bioart and the Vitality of Media
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Publication Year: 2010
Series: In VIVO Ser.: the Cultural Mediations of Biomedical Science
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 17.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 224 Pages
