Science and the City: The Mechanics Behind the Metropolis

By Laurie Winkless

Book Overview

A window into the hidden science and engineering that are the backbone and lifeblood of the city, now and in the future.

Science and the City starts at your front door and guides you through the technology of everyday city life: how new approaches to building materials help to construct the tallest skyscrapers in Dubai, how New Yorkers use light to treat their drinking water, how Tokyo commuters' footsteps power gates in train stations.

Science is secretly at work behind the scenes of all major cities of the world. Technological advances in fields as diverse as quantum mechanics, electronics, and nanotechnology are proving increasingly important to city life, and the urban world will turn to science to deliver solutions to the problems of the future; more than 50 percent of the world's population now lives in cities, and that proportion is growing fast. Can engineering provide the answer to a viable megacity future?

Uncovering the science and engineering that shapes our cities, Laurie Winkless reveals how technology will help us meet the challenges of a soaring world population--from an ever-increasing demand for power, water, and internet access, to simply how to get about in a megacity of tens of millions of people.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 147291323X
• ISBN13: 9781472913234
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Bloomsbury SIGMA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.8"