Scientific love letter to the world\'s great cities

by:Yovog     2023-10-15
The first book by author Laurie wincles provides an interesting and engaging insight
Edge technology is shaping our city.
Author Laurie winchris claims to be annoying.
Since she learned to speak, it was impossible to \"stop me from asking questions\", she said.
It was this innate curiosity that prompted her to learn physics.
\"Not long ago, I realized that there were countless interesting questions to ask in the place where I lived;
Dundalk\'s author says in her first book, science and city: the mechanism behind the metropolis. In it, the 33-year-
The old man who now lives in London under the hood of our city space shows how to cut
Edge technologies have been used to shape our modern cities and reveal some of the innovations that are being developed that will revolutionize the way we live.
On 2014, the United Nations announced that there are more people living in cities today than in rural areas.
She said that we are no longer farmers, we are urban people, which poses a major challenge.
But most of us don\'t stop and think about how our building is built, how our house is powered, what happens to things in the toilet when we flush, and the science behind our transportation system.
Winkless is exploring these issues in nearly 300 facts, etc.
Full but never-dreary pages.
She started with \"shiny, towering steel and glass buildings\", perhaps the best example of a modern city --skyscrapers -
Although they are modern, they are not a new invention. High-
Since 130, high-rise buildings have been found in the center of the city.
This is because there is a limited amount of land in areas like Hong Kong or Manhattan, but \"a lot of people want it\", so urban planners have to go up.
An interesting fact to prove these super
Construction: In 2013, the average American household covers an area of 232 square meters, with three people living.
In New York\'s financial district, each tower in the World Trade Center covers an area of 4,000 square meters.
Each tower holds 25,000 people instead of 51.
Building these huge buildings is a great feat in engineering.
Skyscrapers must not only support their own weight and everything they live in, but also resist the wind, and sometimes the earthquake, protect the occupants from fires and floods, and connect with the power grid, provide reliable water supply and waste removal with communication systems.
She led us through the process of building skyscrapers from raw materials, including steel and concrete (with \"some really cool properties\"), and emphasized ourselves
Construction cranes make buildings higher.
The science and engineering involved are very serious.
Winkless referred to 828-
In Burj Khalifa, Dubai, engineers designed the building here to \"confuse the Wind\" and help prevent swing.
Taiwan\'s Taipei 101 tower can withstand winds exceeding 200kmh.
She told us that the building materials up to 40 floors in the future may be wood, while
Cleaning the windows will be the norm and smart glass will allow the windows to become opaque without the need for blinds.
For cities like Dublin that oppose high-rise buildings, the sun-setting mirror at Sydney\'s Central Park can help dispel concerns about lack of light.
The solar mirror is a set of motorized mirrors that can direct sunlight to the surrounding gardens and terraces, minimizing the shadow of the building.
In the evening, it turned into an LED light show.
While science and cities are filled with technical details, the sheer enthusiasm of Winkless keeps things going.
Her love of science and curiosity shines brightly, and each of the seven chapters is divided into \"Today\" and \"tomorrow\", which emphasize possibilities.
You never felt like you were listening to a lecture-
Instead, she\'s like a kid, showing you cool things that have practical application value.
Obviously, she has been communicating science for more than ten years.
She pointed out that there are already many solutions to our urban problems.
Although air pollution is not a very sexy topic, a scientist and poet from the University of Sheffield cooperated 2014 to produce a Billboard called \"praise the air\" poem, there is an invisible layer of titanium dioxide on it. The pollutant-
As an air purifier, the absorbing material works effectively.
Imagine if the roof of the city is covered with material
It also explains the repair of water pipes, the use of sensors to help determine when crops are ready for harvesting, and even the use of animal waste and cooking oil to power buses.
While Winkless is full of praise for those at the forefront, she also shows a healthy skepticism.
On electric vehicles, unless the electricity used to generate electricity comes from clean energy, electric vehicles are hardly helping to reduce traffic emissions, she noted.
On the internet of things, she reminded everyone to pay attention to information in order to obtain information.
Do we really need to be told that we have less and less milk? She also addressed the thorny issue of sustainable agriculture, which Irish companies have to work hard to prevent dangerous climate change.
But there is a lot of fun.
A scientist is described as \"a bit of a legend. \" he once named his hamster \"common\"
The author of the paper that no one noticed.
She claimed that she wanted to draw a \"big engineering heart\" around the name \"young, handsome, ridiculous cool\" of Nikola Tesla on the 19 th\"
Century engineer engaged in power transmission and power generation.
She also answered questions such as Why do birds not get electrocuted on wires and why do skyscrapers have revolving doors? The power of science and cities not only allows you to think about how our cities work, but also allows you to think about how they work better.
It helps shape the problems that we should all try to solve.
With fewer graduates in the fields of science, engineering and technology, Winkless has helped to demonstrate why it is important to study these areas and how clever thinking can help achieve the world of tomorrow.
This is her science love letter to big cities in the world.
At the end of the final chapter, we will look at the cities of the future and see how data can be used to help plan the best route for work, life
Human and kitchen waste is used to generate electricity, and food is planted on buildings on the roof.
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