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UNINA9910779472703321 |
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Whyte William H., Jr., <1917-1999.> |
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City [[electronic resource] ] : rediscovering the center / / William H. Whyte ; photos by the author ; foreword by Paco Underhill |
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Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2009 |
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1-283-89827-6 |
0-8122-0834-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (408 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Cities and towns |
City and town life |
City planning |
Sociology, Urban |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Originally published: New York : Doubleday, c1988. |
Small portions of this book appeared previously in The social live of small urban spaces, by William H. Whyte, published by the Conservation Foundation, Washington, D.C. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [367]-377) and index. |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Foreword -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Social Life of the Streets -- 3. Street People -- 4. The Skilled Pedestrian -- 5. The Physical Street -- 6. The Sensory Street -- 7. The Design of Spaces -- 8. Water, Wind, Trees, and Light -- 9. The Management of Spaces -- 10. The Undesirables -- 11. Carrying Capacity -- 12. Steps and Entrances -- 13. Concourses and Skyways -- 14. Megastructures -- 15. Blank Walls -- 16. The Rise and Fall of Incentive Zoning -- 17. Sun and Shadow -- 18. Bounce Light -- 19. Sun Easements -- 20. The Corporate Exodus -- 21. The Semi-Cities -- 22. How to Dullify Downtown -- 23. Tightening Up -- 24. The Case for Gentrification -- 25. Return to the Agora -- Appendix A. Digest of Open-Space Zoning Provisions in New York City -- Appendix B. Mandating of Retailing at Street Level -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
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Named by Newsweek magazine to its list of "Fifty Books for Our Time."For sixteen years William Whyte walked the streets of New York and other major cities. With a group of young observers, camera and |
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notebook in hand, he conducted pioneering studies of street life, pedestrian behavior, and city dynamics. City: Rediscovering the Center is the result of that research, a humane, often amusing view of what is staggeringly obvious about the urban environment but seemingly invisible to those responsible for planning it.Whyte uses time-lapse photography to chart the anatomy of metropolitan congestion. Why is traffic so badly distributed on city streets? Why do New Yorkers walk so fast-and jaywalk so incorrigibly? Why aren't there more collisions on the busiest walkways? Why do people who stop to talk gravitate to the center of the pedestrian traffic stream? Why do places designed primarily for security actually worsen it? Why are public restrooms disappearing? "The city is full of vexations," Whyte avers: "Steps too steep; doors too tough to open; ledges you cannot sit on. . . . It is difficult to design an urban space so maladroitly that people will not use it, but there are many such spaces." Yet Whyte finds encouragement in the widespread rediscovery of the city center. The future is not in the suburbs, he believes, but in that center. Like a Greek agora, the city must reassert its most ancient function as a place where people come together face-to-face. |
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UNINA9910915669303321 |
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Autore |
Campesato Oswald |
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Titolo |
GPT-4 for Developers |
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Bloomfield : , : Mercury Learning & Information, , 2024 |
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©2024 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (169 pages) |
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Collana |
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Artificial intelligence |
Natural language processing (Computer science) |
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: ChatGPT and GPT-4 -- What is Generative AI? -- Key Features of Generative AI -- Popular Techniques in Generative AI -- What Makes Generative AI Different -- Conversational AI Versus Generative AI -- Primary Objectives -- Applications -- Technologies Used -- Training and Interaction -- Evaluation -- Data Requirements -- Is DALL-E Part of Generative AI? -- Are ChatGPT-3 and GPT-4 Part of Generative AI? -- DeepMind -- DeepMind and Games -- Player of Games (PoG) -- OpenAI -- Cohere -- Hugging Face -- Hugging Face Libraries -- Hugging Face Model Hub -- AI21 -- InflectionAI |
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This book, 'GPT-4 for Developers' by Oswald Campesato, provides an in-depth exploration of generative AI technologies, particularly focusing on GPT-4 and its applications in software development. It covers fundamental concepts of generative AI, including key features, popular techniques, and differentiators from traditional AI. The book also delves into the integration of ChatGPT and GPT-4 with various programming languages like Python, emphasizing practical applications such as data visualization, linear regression, and machine learning techniques. Additionally, it explores the use of generative AI in creative fields like art through technologies like GANs and diffusion models. Aimed at developers and tech enthusiasts, the book aims to |
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equip readers with the knowledge to effectively utilize generative AI in their projects. |
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