{"product_id":"a-scientist-in-the-city","title":"A Scientist in the City","description":"In his previous books, \u003ci\u003eA Scientist At  The Seashore\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMeditations At  Sunset\u003c\/i\u003e, James Trefil used commonplace  settings in the natural world as a point of departure  for probing the mysteries of nature. In \u003ci\u003eA  Scientist In The City\u003c\/i\u003e, 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, \u003ci\u003eA Scientist In  The City\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003eA  Scientist In The City\u003c\/i\u003e 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.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51306197909792,"sku":"9780385261098","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0836\/3661\/7504\/files\/9780385261098.jpg?v=1772773158","url":"https:\/\/creativebysanchez.com\/products\/a-scientist-in-the-city","provider":"Creative By Sanchez","version":"1.0","type":"link"}