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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Brown also told me that almost all of the glass used in tall buildings is high-performance solar control glass, coated to keep the heat outside in summer and inside in winter. The coatings needed to achieve these properties are added to ...
Brown also told me that almost all of the glass used in tall buildings is high-performance solar control glass, coated to keep the heat outside in summer and inside in winter. The coatings needed to achieve these properties are added to ...
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... 452m (1,480ft) tall Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur are actually built on two concrete rafts supported by piles, some of which extend 110m (360ft) into the ground, in order to reach bedrock. To keep it simple, let's build our ...
... 452m (1,480ft) tall Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur are actually built on two concrete rafts supported by piles, some of which extend 110m (360ft) into the ground, in order to reach bedrock. To keep it simple, let's build our ...
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Baker told me, 'We normally try to keep a skyscraper as stiff as possible. This limits our materials choices and certainly shaped our design for the Burj.' Key to achieving the required stiffness was a unique structure Baker designed ...
Baker told me, 'We normally try to keep a skyscraper as stiff as possible. This limits our materials choices and certainly shaped our design for the Burj.' Key to achieving the required stiffness was a unique structure Baker designed ...
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In my chat with Bill Baker, I found out that some of the cleverest skyscraper design is about 'confusing the wind'. For him, when designing a skyscraper, you're 'mostly thinking about how to keep the structure from swaying; how to keep ...
In my chat with Bill Baker, I found out that some of the cleverest skyscraper design is about 'confusing the wind'. For him, when designing a skyscraper, you're 'mostly thinking about how to keep the structure from swaying; how to keep ...
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Known as a tuned mass damper (TMD), this giant gold-coloured steel pendulum is the key to keeping the building upright. To understand how it works, we need to think about forces. Some of you might be familiar with the equation: F = ma.
Known as a tuned mass damper (TMD), this giant gold-coloured steel pendulum is the key to keeping the building upright. To understand how it works, we need to think about forces. Some of you might be familiar with the equation: F = ma.
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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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