City of Bits : Space, Place, and the Infobahn

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 te...

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Main Author: Mitchell, William J. (auth)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Cambridge The MIT Press 1996
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