Scientist in the City

Name: Scientist in the City
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ISBN: 9780385261098

ISBN-10: 0385261098

ISBN-13: 9780385261098

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Authors: James Trefil, James S. Trefil

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In his previous books,A Scientist At The SeashoreandMeditations At Sunset, James Trefil used commonplace settings in the natural world as a point of departure for probing the mysteries of nature. InA Scientist In The City, Trefil takes the opposite tack, looking at the quintessential man-made environment of the city as a way of examining the forces that define our world. What does the heating system of a building or the construction of a bridge tell us about the development of a city? What does the amplified environmental stress of city life on plants and animals suggest about the wild? How have scientific advances in building materials and an understanding of the structure of…

Book details

List price: $19.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 12/1/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.24" wide x 7.99" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English




The City of Today



The Birth of Cities



You Can't Throw Anything Away: Limits on the Urban Ecosystem



The Fabric of Cities



Letting the Light In



What Goes Up Must Come Down-Eventually: How a Building Works



Of Snails and Subways: The Urban Infrastructure



Moving Energy: Getting Things Done



Transportation: How Energy Shapes a City



Moving Information: Bits and Pixels



The City of the Future



Predicting the Future



The High-Rise Future



The Edge City Future



The New Suburban Future



The Virtual Future



The Future in Space



The Death of Cities


Afterword: The City in 2050


Index