| Acknowledgments | viii |
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| Sherry Turkle | Introduction: The Things That Matter
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| OBJECTS OF DESIGN AND PLAY | |
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| Tod Machover | My Cello | 12 |
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| Carol Strohecker | Knots | 22 |
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| Susan Yee | The Archive | 30 |
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| Mitchel Resnick | Stars | 38 |
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| Howard Gardner | Keyboards | 46 |
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| OBJECTS OF DISCIPLINE AND DESIRE | |
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| Eden Medina | Ballet Slippers | 54 |
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| Joseph Cevetello | The Elite Glucometer | 62 |
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| Matthew Belmonte | The Yellow Raincoat | 70 |
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| Michelle Hlubinka | The Datebook | 76 |
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| Annalee Newitz | My Laptop | 86 |
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| Gail Wight | Blue Cheer | 92 |
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| OBJECTS OF HISTORY AND EXCHANGE | |
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| Julian Beinart | The Radio | 102 |
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| Irene Castle McLaughlin | The Bracelet | 110 |
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| David Mitten | The Axe Head | 118 |
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| Susan Spilecki | Dit Da Jow: Bruise Wine | 126 |
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| Nathan Greenslit | The Vacuum Cleaner | 136 |
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| OBJECTS OF TRANSITION AND PASSAGE | |
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| William J. Mitchell | The Melbourne Train | 144 |
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| Judith Donath | 1964 Ford Falcon | 152 |
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| Trevor Pinch | The Synthesizer | 162 |
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| Tracy Gleason | Murray: The Stuffed Bunny | 170 |
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| David Mann | The World Book | 178 |
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| Susan Rubin Suleiman | The Silver Pin | 184 |
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| OBJECTS OF MOURNING AND MEMORY | |
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| Henry Jenkins | Death-Defying Superheroes | 194 |
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| Stefan Helmreich | The SX-70 Instant Camera | 208 |
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| Glorianna Davenport | Salvaged Photographs | 216 |
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| Susan Pollak | The Rolling Pin | 224 |
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| Caroline A. Jones | The Painting in the Attic | 232 |
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| Olivia Dasté | The Suitcase | 244 |
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| OBJECTS OF MEDITATION AND NEW VISION | |
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| Nancy Rosenblum | Chinese Scholars' Rocks | 252 |
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| Susannah Mandel | Apples | 260 |
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| Jerry Mifflin | The Mummy | 270 |
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| Michael M. J. Fischer | The Geoid | 278 |
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| Robert P. Crease | Foucault's Pendulum | 286 |
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| Evelyn Fox Keller | Slime Mold | 296 |
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| Sherry Turkle | What Makes an Object Evocative? | 307 |
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| Notes | 328 |
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| Selected Bibliography | 344 |
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| Epigraph Sources | 364 |
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| Illustration Credits | 370 |
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| Index
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