MMEDIA 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Cyborg, Tissue Culture, Eduardo Kac

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Multimedia
• Course: MMEDIA 1A03
• Professor: Andrea Zeffiro

Document Summary

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