A Scientist in the City

Still very current, I wonder if the author is still in the Washington DC area?......more

In recent weeks I’ve finished two books that haven’t gotten comments previously; A Scientist in the City, which was interesting enough, and The Victorian Internet. A Scientist in the City, published in 1994, peeks into the science that makes city function. That science is more material than social,......more

A decent introduction to surface-level descriptions of the science involved in the infrastructure of a city. The tangents are few and the information is Wikipedia-deep. Good, basic dad information (i.e. quick concepts to teach a child), but I was hoping for something a little more personal or rambli......more

The book is strongest when it explains the science and engineering behind the development of cities and weakest when it comes to predicting human behavior. Nevertheless, I found parts of it to be fascinating. I wish there was an updated version. Some of the stories were debunked. For instance, the gla......more

Not a bad book, but not terribly engaging and there must be a better and more up-to-date book on the subject out by now.......more