City of Bits
Space, Place, and the Infobahn
$94.72
- Paperback
232 pages
- Release Date
25 July 1996
Summary
Entertaining, concise, and relentlessly probing, City of Bits is a comprehensive introduction to a new type of city, an increasingly important system of virtual spaces interconnected by the information superhighway. William Mitchell makes extensive use of practical examples and illustrations in a technically well-grounded yet accessible examination of architecture and urbanism in the context of the digital telecommunications revolution, the ongoing miniaturization of electronics, the commodif…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262631761 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262631768 |
| Author: | William J. Mitchell |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 232 |
| Edition: | New edition |
| Release Date: | 25 July 1996 |
| Weight: | 408g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 15mm |
| Series: | The MIT Press |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
Winston Churchill once said that we make our buildings and our buildings make us. With refreshing wit and lucid writing, Mitchell succeeds in updating that aphorism for the computer age.
—John W. Verity, Business WeekAbout The Author
William J. Mitchell
William J. Mitchell was the Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr., Professor of Architecture and Media Arts and Sciences and directed the Smart Cities research group at MIT’s Media Lab.
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