Car Science

Car Science is an intuitive and user-friendly children’s science book based on a topic dear to children’s hearts: cars

Car Science

Hammond, Richard

DK Publishing

2008

Abstract

Top Gear's Richard Hammond peers under the bonnet of the world's top supercars to find out how cars work in this turbo-charged children's science book.

Car Science is an intuitive and user-friendly children’s science book based on a topic dear to children’s hearts: cars. In four sections, the book includes: a timeline of automotive invention; a “how it works” guide to modern cars, with exploded diagrams, cutaways, and computer graphics; key physics concepts, all relating to cars and how they run; and a look into the future of cars, including eco-friendly concept cars.

Discover the fast and furious physics going on inside every car, from G-force and horsepower to acceleration, inertia, and friction. Help your child discover all about the science in this explosive tour of their favourite dream cars.

Find out how cars revolutionised the world, see how a car functions with jaw-dropping diagrams, cutaway drawings and cool graphics. Steer to the fundamental science behind the mechanics and then sit back for an exciting look into the future of minimal emissions, maximum fun.