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Cities are a big deal.More people now live in them than dont,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 ideasfrom steel structures that scrape the sky to glass cables that help us communicate at the speed of lightbut 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 worlds great metropolises moving. Laurie Winkless takes us around cities in six continents to find out how theyre dealing with the challenges of feeding, housing, powering and connecting more people than ever before.In this book,youll meet urban pioneers from history,along with todays 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,youll 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.

• Book Type :

Higher Education Textbooks

• Book Binding :

Paperback

• Language :

English

• Number of Pages :

304 pages

• ISBN - 10 :

978147291538

• Science and the City, the Mechanics Behind the Metropolis Published On :

31 Aug 2016

• Resource:

Textbooks & Study Guides, Higher Education Textbooks Books for Students, Teachers, Graudates, Professionals and all others

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