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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Concrete is strong under compression – most buildings use it in their foundations because it is good at withstanding the 'squeezing' force between the soil below the foundations, and the weight of the building's walls.
Concrete is strong under compression – most buildings use it in their foundations because it is good at withstanding the 'squeezing' force between the soil below the foundations, and the weight of the building's walls.
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It is four or five times stronger than ordinary glass, thanks to a tightly controlled thermal treatment that forces the glass molecules to compress together. Because of this strength, it can span large distances with very little support ...
It is four or five times stronger than ordinary glass, thanks to a tightly controlled thermal treatment that forces the glass molecules to compress together. Because of this strength, it can span large distances with very little support ...
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While most structures can withstand some random wind buffeting, the issue with vortices is that they are not random – they occur again and again in a regular, repeating pattern (this is why they're called a periodic force).
While most structures can withstand some random wind buffeting, the issue with vortices is that they are not random – they occur again and again in a regular, repeating pattern (this is why they're called a periodic force).
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To understand how it works, we need to think about forces. Some of you might be familiar with the equation: F = ma. What it means is that when an external force, F, is applied to a system with mass, m, there will be an acceleration, a.
To understand how it works, we need to think about forces. Some of you might be familiar with the equation: F = ma. What it means is that when an external force, F, is applied to a system with mass, m, there will be an acceleration, a.
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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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