Isaac Newton School Driving: Physics & Your Car
(eBook)

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    [year] => 2004
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    [synopsis] => For some, driving is an art; for others, it's a science. At the Isaac Newton School of Driving, though, every car is a laboratory on wheels and every drive an exciting journey into the world of physics.

In this book, physics professor Barry Parker-whose father was a car mechanic and garage owner-shows how almost every aspect of driving involves physics. A car's performance and handling relies on concepts such as force, momentum, and energy. Its ignition system depends on the principles of electricity and magnetism. Braking relies on friction-and if the brakes fail, the resulting damage, too, can be predicted using physics. Parker's first lesson describes the basics: speed and acceleration; why you get thrown forward while braking or outward while turning; and why car advertisements boast about horsepower and torque. He also discusses:
• the thermodynamics of engines, and how they can be more fuel efficient
• what friction and traction are and how they keep a car's tires on the road, whether it's dry, wet, or icy
• how simple laws of physics enable scientists to design aerodynamic cars and high-tech steering systems
• the high-performance physics of auto racing
• how traffic accidents are reconstructed by police
• how chaos theory helps explain why traffic jams happen
• what cars of the future might look like, and more
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    [subtitle] => Physics & Your Car
    [publisher] => Johns Hopkins University Press
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