| City of Bits: Space, Place, and the Infobahn Revised Edition Contributor(s): Mitchell, William J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0262631768 ISBN-13: 9780262631761 Publisher: MIT Press OUR PRICE: $39.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1996 Annotation: 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 telecommunication revolution, the ongoing miniaturization of electronics, the commodification of bits, and the growing domination of software over materialized form. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Criticism - Social Science |
| Dewey: 303.48 |
| Series: Mit Press |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 6.03" W x 9.06" (0.71 lbs) 232 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Mitchell, William J.: - 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. |