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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In areas like Hong Kong Central or Lower Manhattan, there's a limited amount of land but plenty of people who want it, so the only way is up. Today How much stuff can we fit onto a piece of land? Well, in 2013, the average American home ...
In areas like Hong Kong Central or Lower Manhattan, there's a limited amount of land but plenty of people who want it, so the only way is up. Today How much stuff can we fit onto a piece of land? Well, in 2013, the average American home ...
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Glass In terms of the skeleton of our building, I think we're almost there. But what about the skin? Time to talk about glass, because we'll need tonnes of it. Archaeological records suggest that humans first made glass in around 3500 ...
Glass In terms of the skeleton of our building, I think we're almost there. But what about the skin? Time to talk about glass, because we'll need tonnes of it. Archaeological records suggest that humans first made glass in around 3500 ...
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The foundations of a skyscraper need to support both the dead load and the live load, so let's start there. On a hard surface, foundations are typically formed by a network of steel beams called piles, which spread like the roots of a ...
The foundations of a skyscraper need to support both the dead load and the live load, so let's start there. On a hard surface, foundations are typically formed by a network of steel beams called piles, which spread like the roots of a ...
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... directs the 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)
... directs the 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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in the same direction while there are remaining requests, (2) if there are no further requests in that direction, then stop and become idle, or (3) change direction if there are requests in the opposite direction. Simple as this is, ...
in the same direction while there are remaining requests, (2) if there are no further requests in that direction, then stop and become idle, or (3) change direction if there are requests in the opposite direction. Simple as this is, ...
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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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