City of Bits : Space, Place and Infobahn

Mitchell, William J.

ISBN 10: 0262133091 / ISBN 13: 9780262133098

Edité par MIT Press, USA, 1995

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Hardcover. 225 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: MIT Press, USA, 1995. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in near fine condition and comes in near fine dust jacket. More specifically: Edges of boards have superficial wear. Dust jacket has light creasing. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: This work is a comprehensive introduction to a new type of city, a largely invisible but increasingly important system of virtual spaces interconnected by the emerging information superhighway. William Mitchell makes extensive use of concrete, 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 commodification of bits and the growing domination of software over materialized form. In six chapters - "Pulling Glass", "Electronic Agoras", "Cyborg Citizens", "Recombinant Architecture", "Soft Cities" and "Building the Bitsphere" - Mitchell argues that the crucial issue before us is not one of putting in place the digital plumbing of telecommunications links and associated electronic appliances, nor even of producing content for electronic delivery, but rather one of creating electronically-mediated environments for the kinds of lives that we will want to lead. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Computers & Internet; Sociology & Culture. ISBN: 0262133091. ISBN/EAN: 9780262133098. Inventory No: 17090092. N° de réf. du vendeur 17090092

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Titre : City of Bits : Space, Place and Infobahn

Éditeur : MIT Press, USA

Date d'édition : 1995

Reliure : Hardcover

Etat : Near Fine

Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine

Edition : First Edition.

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Synopsis :

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 commodification of bits, and the growing domination of software over materialized form.

À propos de l?auteur:

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.