Re: "The Nature of Order" by Christopher Alexander

Cliff Joslyn (joslyn@C3SERVE.C3.LANL.GOV)
Mon, 2 Nov 1998 15:55:16 -0700


> I would suggest that Christopher Alexander is a true cybernetician.

I agree. I cite both of these:

Alexander, Chris: (1964) /Notes on the Synthesis of Form/, Harvard U,
Cambridge

(1966) "City is Not a Tree", /Design/, v. 206, pp. 46-55

And his new book also looks very interesting.

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