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The Resource Science and the city : the mechanics behind the metropolis, Laurie Winkless

Science and the city : the mechanics behind the metropolis, Laurie Winkless

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"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 enable communication 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."--Jacket
Language
eng
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Publication
Extent
298 pages
Contents
  • Up -- Switch -- Wet -- Way -- Drive -- Loco -- Connect -- City
  • Up: The most visible part of a city's skyline is the skyscraper--do you know how they're built? -- Switch: Sparks will fly--we'll explore the role of electricity, and you'll understand how the grid works -- Wet: Cities can't survive without water, and they produce a lot of waste. Expect toilet humor! -- Way: Let's head out on the open road, and explore beautiful bridges and the science of traffic jams -- Drive: What good is a road without a car? Here we'll talk about everything from tires to fuel cells -- Loco: We'll dig our very own tunnel, and you'll discover why 'leaves on the line' cause problems -- Connect: Cities contain other less obvious networks--food and goods, communications and money -- City: Spend a day of discovery in an imaginary future city
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9781472915382
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Science and the city : the mechanics behind the metropolis
Title
Science and the city
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the mechanics behind the metropolis
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Laurie Winkless
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Author
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Language
eng
Summary
"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 enable communication 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."--Jacket
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Winkless, Laurie
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non fiction
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bibliography
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Bloomsbury sigma series
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  • Cities and towns
  • Cities and towns
  • Civil engineering
  • Science and civilization
  • Cities
  • Villes
  • Villes
  • Sciences et civilisation
  • cities
  • SCIENCE
  • SCIENCE
  • TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
  • Cities and towns
  • Civil engineering
  • Cities and towns
  • Cities and towns
  • Civil engineering
  • Science and civilization
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Science and the city : the mechanics behind the metropolis, Laurie Winkless
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Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-280) and index
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rdacarrier
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  • text
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  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
  • Up -- Switch -- Wet -- Way -- Drive -- Loco -- Connect -- City
  • Up: The most visible part of a city's skyline is the skyscraper--do you know how they're built? -- Switch: Sparks will fly--we'll explore the role of electricity, and you'll understand how the grid works -- Wet: Cities can't survive without water, and they produce a lot of waste. Expect toilet humor! -- Way: Let's head out on the open road, and explore beautiful bridges and the science of traffic jams -- Drive: What good is a road without a car? Here we'll talk about everything from tires to fuel cells -- Loco: We'll dig our very own tunnel, and you'll discover why 'leaves on the line' cause problems -- Connect: Cities contain other less obvious networks--food and goods, communications and money -- City: Spend a day of discovery in an imaginary future city
Control code
956969711
Dimensions
22 cm.
Extent
298 pages
Isbn
9781472915382
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)956969711
Label
Science and the city : the mechanics behind the metropolis, Laurie Winkless
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-280) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
  • Up -- Switch -- Wet -- Way -- Drive -- Loco -- Connect -- City
  • Up: The most visible part of a city's skyline is the skyscraper--do you know how they're built? -- Switch: Sparks will fly--we'll explore the role of electricity, and you'll understand how the grid works -- Wet: Cities can't survive without water, and they produce a lot of waste. Expect toilet humor! -- Way: Let's head out on the open road, and explore beautiful bridges and the science of traffic jams -- Drive: What good is a road without a car? Here we'll talk about everything from tires to fuel cells -- Loco: We'll dig our very own tunnel, and you'll discover why 'leaves on the line' cause problems -- Connect: Cities contain other less obvious networks--food and goods, communications and money -- City: Spend a day of discovery in an imaginary future city
Control code
956969711
Dimensions
22 cm.
Extent
298 pages
Isbn
9781472915382
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)956969711

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