Super gear : nanotechnology and sports team up / Jennifer Swanson.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2016]Description: vii, 72 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 27 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781580897204 (reinforced for library use)
- 1580897207 (reinforced for library use)
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's NonFiction | 688.76 S972 | Available | 33111008182731 | ||||
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
How are the sports played by Michael Phelps, Serena Williams, Michelle Wie, and Usain Bolt related? Nanotechnology!
Take a close-up look at sports and nanotechnology, the cutting-edge science that manipulates objects at the atomic level. Nanotechnology is used to create high-tech swimsuits, tennis rackets, golf clubs, running shoes, and more. It is changing the face of sports as we know it.
Back matter includes a glossary, bibliography, list of resources, and index.
Perfect for 2016 Summer Olympics displays and celebrations.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 68-69) and index.
Provides a look at sports and nanotechnology, and discusses how this science, which manipulates objects at the atomic level, is being used to create high-tech swimsuits, tennis rackets, golf clubs, running shoes, and other sporting equipment.
Tiny bits of science -- Super suits -- Super bats, rackets, and clubs -- Super shoes -- Super science.