The alphabet and the algorithm (Record no. 125169)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
|---|---|
| fixed length control field | 02040nam a2200385 a 4500 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 720.1 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Carpo, Mario. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The alphabet and the algorithm |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Cambridge, Mass. : |
| Name of publisher | MIT Press, |
| Year of publication | 2011. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xi, 169 p. |
| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Writing architecture |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Introduction -- Variable, identical, differential. Architecture and the identical copy : timelines -- Allography and notations -- Authorship -- The early modern pursuit of identical reproduction -- Geometry, algorism, and the notational bottleneck -- The fall of the identicals -- The reversal of the Albertian paradigm -- The rise. Alberti and identical copies -- Going digital -- Windows -- ID pictures and the power of facsimiles -- Alberti's imitation game and its technological failure -- The invention of the Albertian paradigm -- The fall. Form -- Standard -- Agency -- Epilogue. Split agency. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Architectural design. |
| Topical Term | Architectural design |
| Topical Term | Repetition (Aesthetics) |
| Topical Term | Design and technology. |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10453040 |
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