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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Dougherty, Dale, author.

Title: Free to make: how the maker movement is changing our schools, our jobs, and our minds / Dale Dougherty with Ariane Conrad; foreword by Tim O’Reilly.

Description: Berkeley, California: North Atlantic Books, 2016.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016011769 | ISBN 9781623170745 (paperback) | ISBN 9781623170752 (ePub)

Subjects: LCSH: Makerspaces—Social aspects. | Industrial arts. | New products. | Inventions. | Creative ability. | BISAC: SELF-HELP / Creativity. | EDUCATION / Non-Formal Education. | TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Inventions.

Classification: LCC TS171.57.D68 2016 | DDC 600—dc23

LC record available at https://​lccn.loc.gov/​2016011769