The Physics of Nascar: The Science Behind the Speed
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (586 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0452290228 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 300 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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From Publishers Weekly Having caught, by chance, the broadcast of a multi-car NASCAR crash on television, Nebraska University physics professor Leslie-Pelecky found herself compelled to understand why it happened. All rights reserved. Along the way, the nanotech specialist becomes an unlikely racing fan; this fun physics primer should give any NASCAR aficionado a similar appreciation for science. Soon, a growing list of scientific questions ("How do you build an enginethat can run at 9,000 rpm for three hours without blowing up?") steer her to meetings with engineers, ground crews and drivers who work together "at the limits of what we understand about aerodynamics, structural engineering and even human physiology." The first part of the book deals with materials, and looks at how combustion, power and aerodynamics work together to maximize speed. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a di
A physicist explores the science of speed racing With 75 million fans, NASCAR is the #1 spectator sport in America. Based on her extensive access to NASCAR race shops, drivers, crew chiefs, engine builders, and pit crews during races, Diandra Leslie-Pelecky traces the life cycle of a race car from its creation at top race shops to competing in the door-todoor action of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.. Now, in The Physics of NASCAR, a scientist explains the intricate and complex way the sport works, in terms that anyone who drives a car?or maybe occasionally looks under the hood?can easily comprehend
A new NASCAR Afficionado R. L. Herschkowitz I loved that book, and read it in two sittings and have lost track of my copy, since it is being passed around by a bunch of my colleagues who are some of the best aerospace engineers in the world. Thus it gets my 5 star seal of approval.I have to admit that I never was really intere. Fun book! I learned a TON from this little book. Reading it has increased my science literacy significantly (that will let you know how weak I am in science I was a music major in college and studied the social sciences in graduate school. Hard science background? Basically none)This is a fun . Entertaining and informative L. F. Smith This is an entertaining, informative, and very unusual book. The author has actually written two books, one about NASCAR technology and one about elementary physics; however, she has melded them seamlessly into something rare: a serious academic book that is so entertaining that you