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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It is soft and very brittle, not particularly useful for a construction material, but we'll come back to it. • Cast iron contains slightly less carbon (2–3.5 per cent) as well as up to 2 per cent silicon, which makes it hard but brittle ...
It is soft and very brittle, not particularly useful for a construction material, but we'll come back to it. • Cast iron contains slightly less carbon (2–3.5 per cent) as well as up to 2 per cent silicon, which makes it hard but brittle ...
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When it comes to constructing skyscrapers, cracking concrete could be fatal. In reality, most of the concrete you see on building sites is reinforced concrete that has a steel mesh or a grid of steel rods (called 'rebar' by those in the ...
When it comes to constructing skyscrapers, cracking concrete could be fatal. In reality, most of the concrete you see on building sites is reinforced concrete that has a steel mesh or a grid of steel rods (called 'rebar' by those in the ...
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Once it is safely fixed, the crane's special 'climbing section' comes into its own: this is a metal sheath that surrounds the crane's tower and it can be moved up and down easily. Each time we want the crane to get taller, ...
Once it is safely fixed, the crane's special 'climbing section' comes into its own: this is a metal sheath that surrounds the crane's tower and it can be moved up and down easily. Each time we want the crane to get taller, ...
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If we consider elevators as the only limiting factor when it comes to height, then this tech might conceivably help us create buildings that reach up to 2km into the sky.' While I might not quite go that far (I hope by now, ...
If we consider elevators as the only limiting factor when it comes to height, then this tech might conceivably help us create buildings that reach up to 2km into the sky.' While I might not quite go that far (I hope by now, ...
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Its manufacturer, Hitachi, says it is able to reach these speeds because the car is ultra-light and moves using clever control software and a powerful slim magnet motor (we'll come back to how magnets can move stuff in Chapter 2).
Its manufacturer, Hitachi, says it is able to reach these speeds because the car is ultra-light and moves using clever control software and a powerful slim magnet motor (we'll come back to how magnets can move stuff in Chapter 2).
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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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