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16 March 2015 | Books & Poetry | By: M@

Our regular guide to the latest books about the capital.

Chunky books about architecture arent exactly in short supply, but heres one that punches above its own considerable weight. It does so by taking account of how buildings affect the peopleliving in and around them, and vice-versa. The book is organised by area, with inner London sliced into 30 or so chapters (Clerkenwell, Bankside, etc.). Each covers around a dozen important buildings and other architectural spaces.

Rather than simply characterise the fabric of a building, author Paul Knox delves a bit deeper to recall its history, and even its prehistory. For example, the brutalist former Home Office on Petty France stands on the site of the equally derided Queen Annes Mansions, a continuation of overbearing, Orwellian architecture.With a supremely generous picturebudget (525 colour photos!) and a deftly written text, this is both a first-rate guide to the citys bricks and stones, but also a visual social history of a perplexing city.

From Merrell. Author website.

And now for something completely different. Alice Stevenson is a professionalillustrator, but shes also a keen walker, and an urban walker at that. Her book offers vignettes from 32 urban strolls, nearly all of them north of the river. Her compassmight need oiling, but her experiences flow from the pages with ease and grace. From a melancholy sojourn round the slopes of Hampstead to the antique futurism of the Barbican and its attendant Pedway system, we find that a good walk can conjure all moods and mindsets.

For Alice, as for anyone, London can be a wonderland or a torment, but there is always more to explore.The book is decorated throughout with the authors own semi-abstract illustrations, making this an attractive gift book or inspiring manual of perambulation for anyone who spends too many hours indoors.

From September Publishing. Author website. Authors twitter @AliceStevo.

A tricky one to review, seeing as it pretty much does what it says on the front. This photo-heavy guide to western Europes tallest habitable building takes you through all its evolutions, from design, to construction, to a set of panoramas from the observation decks. Along the way, theres an interview with architect Irvine Sellar, a floor-by-floor guide to whats in the Shard, a history of the area and information on key buildings you can peer down on from the top. Curiously, theres no specific mention of Aqua Shard, Oblix and Hutong, the three restaurants that most make the Shard worth visiting, although the Shangri-La hotel is briefly name-checked. The book isattractive, well illustrated and, best of all, balances on its end like a miniature Shard. It isan official guide, though,so dont expect any other kind of balance, but an account that glows like the Shards illuminated peak.

From Thames & Hudson.

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Cupra - Futurism [Slingshot]
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Trine Riel /Nuclear Futurism
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Nail Art Futurism - Nails 21
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When the thump-and-sparkle of techno first escaped Detroit in the mid-80s, it wasnt just a new beat to step to. It was a form of time travel an invitation to step into a future where mysterious machines would compel us to shake our bodies in mysterious ways.

Derrick May was there from the jump. Strings of Life, the epic techno track he released in 1987 under the pseudonym Rhythim Is Rhythim, is essentially the Stairway to Heaven of techno music. And nearly 30 years later, May is still gracing nightclubs across the planet, proffering his vintage futurism in a way thats turned the time-travel of techno into something delightfully wobbly.

Such blurry, back-to-the-futuristic sensations arent uncommon at Flash, a nightclub on the margins of the Districts busy U Street corridor, which regularly hosts veteran DJs of all stripes. The crowds are diverse, too: Stylish old-schoolers and fresh-faced party people all move to the same beat, eagerly waiting for yesterdays tomorrow to arrive.

Saturdayat Flash, 645 Florida Ave. NW.(Doors open at 8 p.m.)202-827-8791. http://www.flashdc.com. $10-$15.

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Last summer, satellite deployers on board the International Space Station belonging to space science company NanoRacks developed issues that prevented some cubesats deployed into their orbits. After several months of work and repair, that company has been able to solve those issues and celebrated a deployment of two satellites belonging to Planet Labs on Friday.

The satellite deployment system allows commercial space companies to deliver cubesats small satellites just a few inches around into orbit at a low cost. The cubesats get delivered to the space station during its normal cargo runs and then are deployed by astronauts from the station itself. The satellite deployers were developed and built by NanoRacks.

Planet Labs satellites deployed from the space station. (Credit: NASA)

Directing the repairs required the company to coordinate with NASA as well as the Russian and Japanese space agencies and astronauts on board the space station.

Over the last six months, NASA and JAXA have worked tirelessly with NanoRacks to ensure that the on-orbit hardware adaptations make our CubeSat deployers safe and ready for operations. Its a testament to the ISS Programs ability to cooperate with commercial partners and utilize the resource they have on orbit. NanoRacks External Payloads Account Manager Conor Brown said in a statement.

The repairs to the deployment system included a new commanding system as well as latches to ensure that the deployers remain attached to the space station in case of any malfunction so that they dont pose a danger to the station. The hardware was delivered in January on a SpaceX Dragon capsule and installed earlier in February.

NanoRacks has also developed a new satellite deployment system thats capable of sending larger microsatellites into orbit up to a mass of about 100 kg. That system will be delivered on a SpaceX Dragon launch currently slated for June 2015.

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