Science and the City: The Mechanics Behind the MetropolisCities are a big deal. More people now live in them than don't, and with a growing world population, the urban jungle is only going to get busier in the coming decades. But how often do we stop to think about what makes our cities work? Cities are built using some of the most creative and revolutionary science and engineering ideas – from steel structures that scrape the sky to glass cables that help us communicate at the speed of light – but most of us are too busy to notice. Science and the City is your guidebook to that hidden world, helping you to uncover some of the remarkable technologies that keep the world's great metropolises moving. Laurie Winkless takes us around cities in six continents to find out how they're dealing with the challenges of feeding, housing, powering and connecting more people than ever before. In this book, you'll meet urban pioneers from history, along with today's experts in everything from roads to time, and you will uncover the vital role science has played in shaping the city around you. But more than that, by exploring cutting-edge research from labs across the world, you'll build your own vision of the megacity of tomorrow, based on science fact rather than science fiction. Science and the City is the perfect read for anyone curious about the world they live in. |
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We are officially no longer farmers; we are urbanites. Cities have never been bigger, busier or more important. Luckily, for the past 11 years, I've lived in what I think is the greatest city in the world: London (feel free to argue ...
We are officially no longer farmers; we are urbanites. Cities have never been bigger, busier or more important. Luckily, for the past 11 years, I've lived in what I think is the greatest city in the world: London (feel free to argue ...
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Imagine that you're standing in one of the world's financial hubs – say London, Hong Kong or New York. Breathe in your surroundings and describe the scene. Perhaps you've found yourself next to one of the city's landmarks; maybe you're ...
Imagine that you're standing in one of the world's financial hubs – say London, Hong Kong or New York. Breathe in your surroundings and describe the scene. Perhaps you've found yourself next to one of the city's landmarks; maybe you're ...
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Its first engineering application was to fill a breach in a tunnel under the River Thames in London. If you want to make your own cement, it's not enough to grind up just any old rocks – you need rocks that contain calcium carbonate ...
Its first engineering application was to fill a breach in a tunnel under the River Thames in London. If you want to make your own cement, it's not enough to grind up just any old rocks – you need rocks that contain calcium carbonate ...
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But the Burj is a bit different from skyscrapers such as the Shard in London. Instead of using sloping sides, it narrows by a series of so-called setbacks – the building's height is separated into 26 differently shaped sections, ...
But the Burj is a bit different from skyscrapers such as the Shard in London. Instead of using sloping sides, it narrows by a series of so-called setbacks – the building's height is separated into 26 differently shaped sections, ...
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Baker and his firm recently revisited the design of a 42-storey concrete building and found that they could reliably rebuild it using timber. With tall wooden-framed buildings in Paris, London and Stockholm planned in the coming years, ...
Baker and his firm recently revisited the design of a 42-storey concrete building and found that they could reliably rebuild it using timber. With tall wooden-framed buildings in Paris, London and Stockholm planned in the coming years, ...
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| Naslov | Science and the City: The Mechanics Behind the Metropolis |
| Autor | Laurie Winkless |
| Izdanje | ponovljeni tisak |
| Izdavač | Bloomsbury Publishing, 2016 |
| ISBN | 1472913221, 9781472913227 |
| Duljina | Broj stranica: 288 |
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