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Published in hardcover by Dutton
February 2008 and available
in bookstores everywhere.
THE PHYSICS
OF NASCAR®
by Diandra Leslie-Pelecky,
Professor of Physics,
University of Texas at Dallas
Author interview on Fox Business News
Friday, April 4, 2008
Featured on the cover of
and excerpted in
TIME, March 3, 2008
See also the "Science" New York Times interview by John Tierney including his experiences in the garage
at Daytona.
"This book is as much
about the chemistry of NASCAR as the physics, and the sport proves complex and technical." -- Sam Kean,
February 9th, New Scientist
"I don’t recall growing
too excited about the old textbook problems involving locomotives lumbering at different velocities out of cities A and B.
But I would have paid attention to two cars traveling 200
miles an hour separated by inches."-- John Tierney, NYT,
February 12th.
[THE PHYSICS OF NASCAR explains] "how you design and manufacture a car that
will move at those tremendous speeds but will handle with precision ..." Booklist 3/1/2008
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NASCAR® and the NASCAR logo are registered trademarks of the National Association for Stock
Car Racing, Inc.NASCAR® and the NASCAR logo are registered trademarks of the National Association for Stock Car
Racing, Inc.
Current
Author Speaking Schedule:
Monday, April 7th, University of North Carolina; sponsored by
the Center for Mathematics, Science and Technology Education and the Department of Physics
University of Texas, Dallas Professor Diandra
Leslie-Pelecky will take participants behind the scenes of NASCAR race shops and onto
the track of Texas Motor Speedway and Daytona International. She will explore aerodynamics, materials science and vehicle
dynamics, including why super-speedways have banking, why race cars don’t have mufflers and how drafting makes it possible
for two cars to travel faster than either could alone.
The lecture will take place in the College of Health and Human Services,
Room 281, at 7 p.m.
April
11, 2008: American Physical Society Teachers Day. Presentation: Stock Car Science: The Physics of Going Fast. Adams Mark Hotel, St. Louis, MO.
Previous Lectures on The Physics of
NASCAR:
February 16, 2008: AAAS Family Science Day AAAS:
"Taking in the show floor" by John Timmer (2/29/08): "The kids got a slick Subaru racing machine and an appearance by the
author of The Physics of NASCAR. Parents got a big pitch about fuel efficiency, accompanied by about five cars. It's
a message that fit into the meeting's general theme of the importance of science and technology when it comes to our global
energy needs."
March 10, 2008: American Physical Society March Meeting. Technical
presentation: Materials at 200 mph, New Orleans LA.
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