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A Scientist in the City Paperback - 1994
by James Trefil
The bestselling author of The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy and 1001 Things Everyone Should Know About Science explores the science and technology behind the cities of today, offering a "things-to-come" look at the cities of tomorrow.
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In his previous books, "A Scientist At The Seashore and "Meditations At Sunset, James Trefil used commonplace settings in the natural world as a point of departure for probing the mysteries of nature. In "A 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 the atom helped to shape the cities of today? From an explanation of the evolution and influence of plate glass to reinforced steel to an analysis of the future of the skyscraper, "A Scientist In The City offers a fascinating study of the promise and the consequences of technology in our everyday urban lives. In addition, Trefil goes on to explore how the new technologies being developed today will help to determine the changing forms that cities will take in the future. "A Scientist In The City is the kind of book that will open our eyes to the man-made world around us, and show us some of the scientific reasons for why we live the way we do.
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- Title A Scientist in the City
- Author James Trefil
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Anchor Books ed
- Pages 290
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, NY
- Date 1994-12-01
- Features Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780385261098 / 0385261098
- Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
- Dimensions 8.06 x 5.06 x 0.68 in (20.47 x 12.85 x 1.73 cm)
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- Demographic Orientation: Urban
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 93-24961
- Dewey Decimal Code 307.76
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