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Author: Randy Beikmann

Brand: Bentley Publishers

Edition: Illustrated

Features:

  • There is no better way to learn physics than by having a problem to solve.
  • Understanding physics
  • Physics for Gearheads: An Introduction to Vehicle Dynamics, Energy, and Power – with Examples from Motorsports

Format: Illustrated

Number Of Pages: 604

Details: Review

Beikmann explains the hows and whys of racing in a depth rarely probed by the non-engineer reader. Beikmann is your guide to the intricacies of physics on the track and in the car. He goes in depth on his subjects, but he doesn’t go so far that you’re overwhelmed and your eyes glaze over. Non-engineers will never really lose track of what Beikmann is saying. Even the equations make sense to the average schmoe (i.e. us). This would be a great textbook for a high school physics class, making the complex subject accessible to a wider audience and getting more kids interested science.
–Autoweek
As a driver, the information [in Physics for Gearheads] is invaluable…The book is a true lesson in physics. So if you haven’t thought about physics since high school, and high school was a while back, this is a refresher course made interesting by our mutual obsession with cars.
–The Nor’Easter
[Physics for Gearheads] is one of the most provocative and fascinating tech books we’ve encountered in quite some time.
–Hemmings Motor News
This would be a terrific textbook for a college-level course in automotive engineering, learning how to compute how kinetic energy of a vehicle in motion is converted to heat in the braking process, how the heat in a fuel is turned into power, or how to predict the force on a suspension pushrod.–The Boston Globe
Whether your interest might be increasing shaving a few tenths off lap times or increasing the power of your engine, Physics for Gearheads explains the physics concepts at play, and demonstrates how one might better harness them for your benefit…Beikmann’s book will make an invaluable contribution to your science education…and perhaps make you a better driver too.
–Petrolicious
Physics for Gearheads is an awesome resource for bringing relevance to an introductory physics class. The pictures and corresponding text truly bring the concepts to life. I would use this as a companion text for a general physics class or as a curriculum text for an elective or choice class.
–National Science Teachers Association
This book is destined to become the new bible of performance engineering for the regular guy… a “Must Read” for every gearhead, car guy and performance enthusiast.
–Hot Rod Engine Tech
If you’ve ever really wanted to understand how a car works…this is the book for you. Lots of books exist about cars, and lots of books exist about physics, but none of them pull the two ideas together in a practical volume like this one. Think of this as “Physics for Dummies” for people who aren’t dummies.
–BestRide.com
Love cars? And love physics? Then this is the book for you. Its author, mechanical engineer Randy Beikmann, wanted to write an introduction to vehicle dynamics, energy and power with examples from motorsports, and he does a grand job of it, too…an informative, well-executed publication that works a treat.
–Professional Engineering Magazine
…a great primer for would-be American auto engineers, and as such I will glowingly recommend it. –PopularScience.co.uk

Everything is explained, and that’s just what Physics for Gearheads trying to achieve on a fairly entertaining and above all petrol minded manner.
–DRIVR.Be
If, like me, you are a gearhead who enjoys building things, this book is a godsend of practical equations that, once understood, will allow you to raise your intuitive abilities to a higher level…This book is written so well that you don’t have to be a math wiz to understand what you’re being told. You do need to want to learn, and it will require some thinking. But if you are of average intelligence and willing to make an effort, then it’s all here, and the secrets of physics will be revealed.
–Speedreaders.info
Now here’s a book all the know-it-alls on the MINI forums should read! Physics For Gearheads, written by a genuine Ph.D that works for GM’s Milford Proving Grounds, is 600 pages of fascinating facts, information on vehicle dynamics, energy, aero and other

Release Date: 09-03-2015

Package Dimensions: 34x256x1429

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