70 — Christopher Alexander — 1/2 —Notes on the Synthesis of Form
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Is There a Difference Between Architecture and Architecture?
He's someone who I had only just about heard of prior to doing this. He was awarded a scholarship for chemistry and physics, went on to read mathematics,. earned a bachelor's degree in architecture, and a master's degree in mathematics. And then he did a PhD in architecture at Harvard. Which is the first big book. There's obviously more than one thing going on there. So it's a basic biography facts. But as is ever the case, like the way in which is represented and the way inwhich people talk about it is quite partial.
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