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- ↑ Eames, John Neuhart, Marilyn Neuhart, Ray (1989). Eames design : the work of the Office of Charles and Ray Eames (3. printing ed.). New York: H.N. Abrams. pp. 227, 241, 249, 253, 265, 275, 283. ISBN 9780810908796.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Shiela Gibson Stoodley (September 2008). "Objects of Desire: Molecular Level". Art & Antiques Magazine: 30–31.
- ↑ John Allen, FLS. "Buckminster Fuller's Synergetic Algorithm and Challenges of the Twenty-First Century".
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