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[Phys-l] Stock Car Science
From
: Karim Diff <
karim.diff@sfcc.edu
>
Date
: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:03:17 -0500
I just read this article in the New York Times
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/science/12tier.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hp
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/science/12tier.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hp
>>
It talks about a new book coming out this Thursday (to coincide with the Daytona 500):
The Physics of NASCAR: How to Make Steel + Gas + Rubber = Speed (Hardcover)
by Diandra Leslie-Pelecky
*<*
http://tinyurl.com/333sbb*
>
*The book is linked to this web site:
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http://www.stockcarscience.com/index.php
>
*
*where you can also find the table of contents (click on "The Book")
It looks interesting for first semester physics classes.
Karim Diff
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