Speed : how to make things go really fast
Martin, Guy, 1981-2014
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Guy Martin, lorry mechanic, motorcycle racing legend and favourite of the Isle of Man TT, lives for the buzz he feels racing his bike round terrifying bends at 200mph. Nothing, he claims, can match it. Or can it? Guy is about to find out . Guy faces four dangerous and thrilling world-record challenges, pushing the boundaries of speed, and his body, to determine just how fast one man can go. Together with the best of British engineering and design, scientific research, ground breaking technology and a Gold-medal-winning athlete or two, Guy attempts to pedal a bicycle over 100mph by using the slipstream of an articulated lorry; build the world's fastest human-powered aircraft; hydroplane a modified motocross bike across a two kilometre lake and become the fastest man on a toboggan.
Main title:
Speed : how to make things go really fast / Guy Martin.
Author:
Martin, Guy, 1981-, author
Imprint:
[London] : Virgin Books, 2014.[London] : Virgin Books, 2014.
Collation:
255 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 26 cm
Notes:
TV tie-in.Includes index.
ISBN:
9780753541067 (hbk)
Dewey class:
531.112531.112 MAR531.112MARA 531.112 MAR
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1284758