In his compelling follow-up to The Rise of the Creative Class, Richard Florida outlines how certain cities succeed in attracting members of the 'creative class' - the millions of people who work in information-age economic sectors and in industries driven by innovation and talent.

In the seven essays of Cities and the Creative Class - four of which have been previously published - Richard Florida outlines how certain cities succeed in attracting members of the "creative class." This class, roughly speaking, is composed of the millions of people who work in information-age economic sectors and in industries driven by innovation and talent. Cities that su...(展开全部)

"Ten years later, [Florida's original] book seems prescient. For the first time, being different is more prized than fitting in and black-and-white thinkers are being left behind."-Business Insider

Gives us a provocative new way to think about why we live as we do today-and where we might be headed. Weaving storytelling with masses of new and updated research, Richard Florida traces the fundamental theme that runs through a host of seemingly unrelated changes in American society.

查尔斯·兰德利（Charles Landry）出生于1948年，先后在英国、德国、意大利接受教育。他在1978年创立的“传通媒体”（Comedia），被誉为欧洲最具权威的文化创意规划咨询机构。多年来，兰德利与他的团队跑遍全世界，推展了无数的项目；他在全球45个国家发表过演讲。近几年，则专注于辅导亚洲国家推动城市的创意发展。 其著作有：《创意城市》（The Creative City：A Toolkit for Urban Innovators，2000）、《城市建设的艺术》（The Art of City Making，2006）、《掌握先机：复杂年代的都市生活》（Riding the Rapids：Urban Life in an Age of Complexity，2004），以及与菲尔·伍德合著的《跨文化城市：多元文化的优势》（The Inte...(展开全部)

查尔斯·兰德利（Charles Landry）出生于1948年，先后在英国、德国、意大利接受教育。他在1978年创立的“传通媒体”（Comedia），被誉为欧洲最具权威的文化创意规划咨询机构。多年来，兰德利与他的团队跑遍全世界，推展了无数的项目；他在全球45个国家发表过演讲。近几年，则专注于辅导亚洲国家推动城市的创意发展。 其著作有：《创意城市》（The Creative City：A Toolkit for Urban Innovators，2000）、《城市建设的艺术》（The Art of City Making，2006）、《掌握先机：复杂年代的都市生活》（Riding the Rapids：Urban Life in an Age of Complexity，2004），以及与菲尔·伍德合著的《跨文化城市：多元文化的优势》（The Inte...(展开全部)

Ten years after its first publication, the theory of the Creative Class is more relevant than ever. Now for the first time, this original book is revised and updated for a new generation. First published in 2002, "The Rise of the Creative Class" weaved storytelling with reams of cutting-edge research to trace the fundamental theme that runs through a host of seemingly unrelated...(展开全部)

爱德华·阿什福德·李，现任伯克利工业CPS研究中心主任，曾任加州大学伯克利分校电子工程与计算机科学系主任，现为该系Robert S.Pepper特聘教授。主要研究方向是嵌入式与实时计算系统的设计、建模和模拟。他是嵌入式系统领域的知名学者，也是CPS研究的倡导者和引领者之一。Lee教授分别于耶鲁大学、MIT及UC Berkeley获得本科、硕士及博士学位。他共有《嵌入式系统：CPS方法》等专著8部。他是IEEE Fellow，获IEEE杰出技术成就与领导奖、美国NSF总统青年科学家称号以及弗雷德里克·特曼工程教育奖。

Create code art, visualizations, and interactive applications with this powerful yet simple computer language and programming environment Learn how to code 2D and 3D animation, pixel-level imaging, motion effects, and physics simulations Take a creative and fun approach to learning creative computer programming If you're interested in creating cutting-edge code-based art and an...(展开全部)