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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... option because it is simple and relatively straightforward to build, but there are still things to consider. The major one is that as our skyscraper gets taller, we'll need more material. To ensure the frame remains supported as we ...
... option because it is simple and relatively straightforward to build, but there are still things to consider. The major one is that as our skyscraper gets taller, we'll need more material. To ensure the frame remains supported as we ...
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... options in terms of the skeleton and walls of the building, so let's go for a combination of reinforced concrete and steel for the frame. The Burj Khalifa's innovative structure may be beyond our own construction skills, but if we ...
... options in terms of the skeleton and walls of the building, so let's go for a combination of reinforced concrete and steel for the frame. The Burj Khalifa's innovative structure may be beyond our own construction skills, but if we ...
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... option is to lift them. If you've ever been anywhere near a construction site, you'll know what a crane looks like, and you may even have seen some monstrously tall ones. But cranes almost a kilometre (over half a mile) tall do not ...
... option is to lift them. If you've ever been anywhere near a construction site, you'll know what a crane looks like, and you may even have seen some monstrously tall ones. But cranes almost a kilometre (over half a mile) tall do not ...
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... options for modern elevators: • Hydraulic lifts use a fluid-driven piston to push an elevator up from below. When the elevator is at the bottom floor, the entire piston mechanism needs to be housed underneath the building. You can ...
... options for modern elevators: • Hydraulic lifts use a fluid-driven piston to push an elevator up from below. When the elevator is at the bottom floor, the entire piston mechanism needs to be housed underneath the building. You can ...
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... cars to the correct floors using a mathematical program called (unsurprisingly) an elevator algorithm. This offers the car three options: (1) continue travelling in the same direction while there are remaining requests, (2)
... cars to the correct floors using a mathematical program called (unsurprisingly) an elevator algorithm. This offers the car three options: (1) continue travelling in the same direction while there are remaining requests, (2)
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