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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... thing smoothly and automatically. There are two main 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 ...
... thing smoothly and automatically. There are two main 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 ...
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... thing to know about carbon fibre at this stage is that it is incredibly strong and lightweight. It outperforms steel in terms of tensile strength, despite being 4.5 times less dense. The ultrarope cable (which actually looks more like a ...
... thing to know about carbon fibre at this stage is that it is incredibly strong and lightweight. It outperforms steel in terms of tensile strength, despite being 4.5 times less dense. The ultrarope cable (which actually looks more like a ...
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... thing we haven't discussed yet... Breeze The single biggest consideration when designing skyscrapers is the wind. A building acts like a giant sail, so several engineering solutions are used to minimise any swaying and tilting. This is ...
... thing we haven't discussed yet... Breeze The single biggest consideration when designing skyscrapers is the wind. A building acts like a giant sail, so several engineering solutions are used to minimise any swaying and tilting. This is ...
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... thing for those of us who enjoy a visit to the playground, it can be a real problem for building design. All skyscrapers have a resonant frequency – a speed at which they 'like' to wobble. If the wind on any given day produces vortices ...
... thing for those of us who enjoy a visit to the playground, it can be a real problem for building design. All skyscrapers have a resonant frequency – a speed at which they 'like' to wobble. If the wind on any given day produces vortices ...
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... thing in skyscrapers. Baker and his firm recently revisited the design of a 42-storey concrete building and found that they could reliably rebuild it using timber. With tall wooden-framed buildings in Paris, London and Stockholm planned ...
... thing in skyscrapers. Baker and his firm recently revisited the design of a 42-storey concrete building and found that they could reliably rebuild it using timber. With tall wooden-framed buildings in Paris, London and Stockholm planned ...
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