Standards
Reeks: The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series
Jeffrey Pomerantz ; Jason Griffey
- An
- engaging
- introduction
- to
- standards,
- the
- invisible
- infrastructure
- that
- shapes
- the
- built
- and
- digital
- environments
- of
- the
- modern
- world.Standards
- are
- the
- DNA
- of
- the
- built
- environment,
- encoded
- in
- nearly
- all
- objects
- that
- surround
- us
- in
- the
- modern
- world.
- In
- Standards,
- Jeffrey
- Pomerantz
- and
- Jason
- Griffey
- provide
- an
- essential
- introduction
- to
- this
- invisible
- but
- critical
- form
- of
- infrastructure—the
- rules
- and
- specifications
- that
- govern
- so
- many
- elements
- of
- the
- physical
- and
- digital
- environments,
- from
- the
- color
- of
- school
- buses
- to
- the
- shape
- of
- shipping
- containers.In
- an
- approachable,
- often
- outright
- funny
- fashion,
- Pomerantz
- and
- Griffey
- explore
- the
- nature,
- function,
- and
- effect
- of
- standards
- in
- everyday
- life.
- Using
- examples
- of
- specific
- standards
- and
- contexts
- in
- which
- they
- are
- applied—in
- the
- realms
- of
- technology,
- economics,
- sociology,
- and
- information
- science—they
- illustrate
- how
- standards
- influence
- the
- development
- and
- scope,
- and
- indeed
- the
- very
- range
- of
- possibilities
- of
- our
- built
- and
- social
- worlds.
- Deeply
- informed
- and
- informally
- written,
- their
- work
- makes
- a
- subject
- generally
- deemed
- boring,
- complex,
- and
- fundamentally
- important
- comprehensible,
- clear,
- and
- downright engaging.
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