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christophlocher.com
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| | | | | Jane Jacobs' 1961 classic "The Death and Life of Great American Cities" is a heartfelt, but outstandingly rational defense of cities - written by someone who sincerely loves them - against megalomaniac designers clinging to utopian visions of cities that are aesthetically clean, yet bear no resemblance to what actually makes cities attractive in real life. | |
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www.openculture.com
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| | | | | In the early 20th century, the visionary inventor Buckminster Fullerstarted lookingfor ways to improve human shelter by: Applying modern technological know-how to shelter construction. Making shelter more comfortable and efficient. Open Culture, openculture.com | |
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divisbyzero.com
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| | | | | Princeton University Press(2008) ISBN13: 978-0-691-12677-7 Leonhard Euler's polyhedron formula describes the structure of many objects-from soccer balls and gemstones to Buckminster Fuller's buildings and giant all-carbon molecules. Yet Euler's formula is so simple it can be explained to a child. Euler's Gem tells the illuminating story of this indispensable mathematical idea. From ancient Greek geometry... | |
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theconversation.com
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| | | Through self-development, or 'Bildung' in German thought, salon culture sought to resist absolutism and foster democratic discourse. This shaped the modern Western university. | ||
