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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Skyscrapers aren't a truly modern invention. High-rise buildings have been found in the heart of cities for 130 years, and the motivation behind constructing them is older still. In areas like Hong Kong Central or Lower Manhattan, ...
Skyscrapers aren't a truly modern invention. High-rise buildings have been found in the heart of cities for 130 years, and the motivation behind constructing them is older still. In areas like Hong Kong Central or Lower Manhattan, ...
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I guess the first question to ask is when does a tall building become a skyscraper? The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) – keeper of the world's skyscraper info – does have some definitions in place.
I guess the first question to ask is when does a tall building become a skyscraper? The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) – keeper of the world's skyscraper info – does have some definitions in place.
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... the availability of cheap, highquality steel made it immensely popular, leading to another huge drop in the price per tonne. We'd entered the modern steel age, and we haven't left it yet. Concrete So now, back to our skyscraper.
... the availability of cheap, highquality steel made it immensely popular, leading to another huge drop in the price per tonne. We'd entered the modern steel age, and we haven't left it yet. Concrete So now, back to our skyscraper.
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When it comes to constructing skyscrapers, cracking concrete could be fatal. In reality, most of the concrete you see on building sites is reinforced concrete that has a steel mesh or a grid of steel rods (called 'rebar' by those in the ...
When it comes to constructing skyscrapers, cracking concrete could be fatal. In reality, most of the concrete you see on building sites is reinforced concrete that has a steel mesh or a grid of steel rods (called 'rebar' by those in the ...
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Invented by Alastair Pilkington in the 1950s, the float glass method is now used to produce almost all of the world's flat glass, and without it, our skyscrapers would be very different indeed. Molten glass is poured onto a bath of ...
Invented by Alastair Pilkington in the 1950s, the float glass method is now used to produce almost all of the world's flat glass, and without it, our skyscrapers would be very different indeed. Molten glass is poured onto a bath of ...
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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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