Book Review: Rich Gold, “The Plenitude: Creativity, Innovation and Making Stuff”

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B. Şener, “Book Review: Rich Gold, “The Plenitude: Creativity, Innovation and Making Stuff”,” ODTÜ Mimarlık Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 188–192, 2008, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: http://jfa.arch.metu.edu.tr/archive/0258-5316/2008/cilt25/sayi_2/185-192.pdf.