Automoblog Book Garage: The Science of Supercars
The Science of Supercars is a thought-provoking look at the cars we dream about. Our Book Garage series showcases what every enthusiast should add to their library.Â
Images taken from The Science of Supercars: The Technology that Powers the Greatest Cars in the World, with permission from Firefly Books Ltd.
Authors Martin Roach, Neil Waterman, John Morrison publisher Firefly Books isbn 978-0228100904 where to get itAmazon
If you only paid attention to the photography and the layout, it would be easy to mistake The Science of Supercars as a coffee table book, even though it’s the size of an iPad. But it is much more than a display book with pretty pictures. The Science of Supercars is a comprehensive look at how we got here.
“Here,” in case you were wondering, is a place where things like the Bugatti Chiron and Koenigsegg Agera prowl the streets, let alone stuff like LaFerraris and Porsche 918s. It wasn’t all that long ago that a rather typical sports car – something like a 370Z or a Subaru BRZ – was considered well enough. What counts as a supercar these days would have counted as a race car engineer’s fever-dream just a few decades ago.
So, with that in mind, you might be asking how did we get here. Luckily enough, Martin Roach, Neil Waterman, and John Morrison have written The Science of Supercars to answer questions like that. And that’s a funny enough question to even...
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