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The Fires: How a Computer Formula, Big Ideas, and the Best of Intentions Burned Down New York City-and Determined the Future of Cities
The Fires How a Computer Formula Big Ideas and the Best of Intentions Burned Down New York Cityand Determined the Future of Cities
Author: Joe Flood
New York City, 1968. The RAND Corporation had presented an alluring proposal to a city on the brink of economic collapse: Using RAND's computer models, which had been successfully implemented in high-level military operations, the city could save millions of dollars by establishing more efficient public services. The RAND boys were the best and ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781594488986
ISBN-10: 1594488983
Publication Date: 5/27/2010
Pages: 336
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Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover
Book Type: Hardcover
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