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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I Cities In 2014, the UN announced that, for the first time in human history, more than half of the world's population now live in urban areas. We are officially no longer farmers; we are urbanites. Cities have never been bigger, ...
I Cities In 2014, the UN announced that, for the first time in human history, more than half of the world's population now live in urban areas. We are officially no longer farmers; we are urbanites. Cities have never been bigger, ...
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Archaeological records suggest that humans first made glass in around 3500 bc, and the main ingredient has stayed much the same since. Glass comprises mostly silica (SiO2 ) – in ancient times, it made up about 90 per cent, ...
Archaeological records suggest that humans first made glass in around 3500 bc, and the main ingredient has stayed much the same since. Glass comprises mostly silica (SiO2 ) – in ancient times, it made up about 90 per cent, ...
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Throughout the building process we'll need to consider the weight of the structure, called the dead load, and the weight of anything it will contain (humans, office equipment, elevators...), known as the live load.
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His response would suggest that Baker dreams very big dreams indeed – for humans, atmospheric pressure only really becomes an issue 2.4km (8,000ft) above sea level, three times higher than the Burj Khalifa. If we were ever to attempt to ...
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Carbon fibre is exactly what it sounds like – a fibre made with thin strands of carbon (even thinner than a human hair). Like other fibres, it can be woven into a cloth, and if coated with a resin or plastic, it can easily be made into ...
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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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