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4-6Velocity: The Science of Speed series.
Challenging narratives explain the science of car and bicycle racing along with descriptions of race venues, technology that protects competitors, and design of race vehicles. Accompanying the texts are overly busy graphics, photos, sidebars, charts, and science vocabulary definitions (sometimes all on one page). Persistent and motivated readers will learn a lot about these two sports. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these Velocity: The Science of Speed titles: The Science of Car Racing and The Science of Bicycle Racing.