Science and the city : the mechanics behind the metropolis

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Science and the city : the mechanics behind the metropolis

Title remainder

the mechanics behind the metropolis

Statement of responsibility

Laurie Winkless

Creator

• Winkless, Laurie

Author

• Winkless, Laurie

Subject

• Cities and towns
• Cities and towns -- Effect of technological innovations on
• Cities and towns -- Effect of technological innovations on
• Cities and towns -- Effect of technological innovations on
• Civil engineering
• Civil engineering
• Civil engineering
• Nonfiction
• SCIENCE -- Applied Sciences
• SCIENCE -- Mechanics
• Science and civilization
• Science and civilization
• Sciences et civilisation
• TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
• Villes
• Villes -- Effets des innovations sur
• cities
• Cities
• Cities and towns

Genre

• Nonfiction

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

Member of

• Bloomsbury sigma series

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NLE

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Bloomsbury sigma series