Science and the City: The Mechanics Behind the MetropolisBloomsbury Publishing, 11. kol 2016. - Broj stranica: 288 Cities 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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... materials. Thermoelectric energy harvesting – where heat is captured and converted into electricity – was her bag, and remains a favourite topic of conversation. Laurie has been communicating science to the public for more than a decade ...
... materials. Thermoelectric energy harvesting – where heat is captured and converted into electricity – was her bag, and remains a favourite topic of conversation. Laurie has been communicating science to the public for more than a decade ...
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... materials: wood, stone, brick and iron. Wood was our first true construction material, and it's never really gone away. For bigger structures, though, stone and brick dominated for millennia, but they required a lot of preparation ...
... materials: wood, stone, brick and iron. Wood was our first true construction material, and it's never really gone away. For bigger structures, though, stone and brick dominated for millennia, but they required a lot of preparation ...
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... 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 ... material that is cheap and reliable, and can be used to build a tall frame. But what about the rest of the building ...
... 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 ... material that is cheap and reliable, and can be used to build a tall frame. But what about the rest of the building ...
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... material (known as aggregate) bonded together by a cement and water, and these days we can even reinforce it using ... materials. And, it gets stronger over time. There are less cool things about concrete too (which we'll talk about in ...
... material (known as aggregate) bonded together by a cement and water, and these days we can even reinforce it using ... materials. And, it gets stronger over time. There are less cool things about concrete too (which we'll talk about in ...
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... material before it fails. 2. Tensile strength tells us how hard you can pull on a material without it breaking. 3. Shear strength represents how hard you must try to cut a material before it yields. Concrete is strong under compression ...
... material before it fails. 2. Tensile strength tells us how hard you can pull on a material without it breaking. 3. Shear strength represents how hard you must try to cut a material before it yields. Concrete is strong under compression ...
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