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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... . She's given TEDx talks, hung out with astronauts, and appeared in The Times magazine as a leading light in STEM. Science and the City is her fi rst book. Also available in the Bloomsbury Sigma series: Sex on Earth Front Cover.
... . She's given TEDx talks, hung out with astronauts, and appeared in The Times magazine as a leading light in STEM. Science and the City is her fi rst book. Also available in the Bloomsbury Sigma series: Sex on Earth Front Cover.
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... lights work, or why birds can perch safely on power cables. SATC is for those people who are curious about the world they live in. Throughout this process, I've met some remarkable scientists and engineers, people who have genuinely ...
... lights work, or why birds can perch safely on power cables. SATC is for those people who are curious about the world they live in. Throughout this process, I've met some remarkable scientists and engineers, people who have genuinely ...
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... light and moves using clever control software and a powerful slim magnet motor (we'll come back to how magnets can move stuff in Chapter 2). Most elevators descend at just twothirds of their maximum speed. That limit is set by those of ...
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... light (the light given off by hot objects). This means that it can be used to produce windows that don't let heat escape. In 2016, researchers at University College London announced the development of their own self-cleaning, energy ...
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... light levels (photochromic), or temperature (thermochromic). If you've ever used adaptive sunglasses, you'll know that photochromic materials darken when you walk out into the sun. Thermochromic windows are slightly different – they ...
... light levels (photochromic), or temperature (thermochromic). If you've ever used adaptive sunglasses, you'll know that photochromic materials darken when you walk out into the sun. Thermochromic windows are slightly different – they ...
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