The science of the city, now and in the future.
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Laurie Winkless is an Irish physicist-turned-science-writer, currently based in New Zealand. After her post-grad, she joined the UK's National Physical Laboratory as a research scientist, where she specialised in functional materials.
She is an experienced science communicator, who loves talking about science in all forms of media. Since leaving the lab, Laurie has worked with scientific organisations, engineering companies, universities, and astronauts, amongst others. Her writing has featured in outlets including Forbes, Wired, Esquire, and The Economist, and her first book, Science and the City, was published by Bloomsbury Sigma in 2016. This was followed by Sticky, her exploration of friction and surface science, in 2021.
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Paperback. Etat : Fair. The science of the city, now and in the future.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. N° de réf. du vendeur CIN147291323XA
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Paperback. Etat : Fair. The science of the city, now and in the future.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. N° de réf. du vendeur CIN147291323XA
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