City of bits : space, place, and the infobahn / William J. Mitchell.

Main entry:

Mitchell, William J. (William John), 1944-2010, author.

Title & Author:

City of bits : space, place, and the infobahn / William J. Mitchell.

Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [1995]
©1995

Description:

225 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-208) and index.
Pulling Glass -- Electronic Agoras -- Cyborg Citizens -- Recombinant Architecture -- Soft Cities -- Bit Biz -- Getting to the Good Bits -- Notes -- Surf Sites -- Acknowledgements -- Index.
Current Copyright Fee: GBP15.00 0.

Summary:

This is an introduction to a new type of city, a largely invisible but increasingly important system of virtual spaces interconnected by the emerging information superhighway. Practical examples and illustrations are used to examine architecture and urbanism in the context of digital telecommunications revolution, the ongoing miniaturisation of electronics, the comodification of bits, and the growing domination of software over materialized form.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0262133091 (acid free-paper)
9780262133098 (acid free-paper)
0262631768 pbk
9780262631761 pbk
0585024421
9780585024424

Subject:

Computer networks.
Information technology.
Virtual reality.
Computer Communication Networks
Virtual Reality
Réseaux d'ordinateurs.
Technologie de l'information.
Réalité virtuelle.
information technology.
virtual reality.
Technologies de l'information et de la communication.
Réseaux d'information.
Villes.
Société de l'information.
Autoroutes de l'information.
Informationstechnik
Rechnernetz
Virtuelle Realität
Computernetwerken.
Informatietechnologie.
Virtuele werkelijkheid.
Stedelijke ontwikkeling.
Prévision technologique.
Technologie de l'information Innovations.
Society Effects of Information technology

Holdings:

Location: Library main 117739
Call No.: ID TK5105.5.M57; ID:95-B144
Status: Available

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