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  1. South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China

    Christopher Leslie

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    Arthur Tatnall

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    Arthur Tatnall

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Leslie, C. (2020). Pedagogical Possibilities for the History of Computing. In: Tatnall, A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Education and Information Technologies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10576-1_116

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