Bicycling Science 2e (Paper) - Softcover

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9780262730600: Bicycling Science 2e (Paper)

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ISBN 10: 026273060X ISBN 13: 9780262730600

Publisher: MIT Press, 1982

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The second edition of "Bicycling Science, " includes new information on recent achievements and experiments in human-powered transportation, as the "ultimate human-powered vehicle" (UPHV), in which supine riders can achieve speeds well over 60 mph. James McCullagh, editor of "Bicycling Magazine, " has written a foreword for this edition, which also includes many new illustrations.

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Review:

"The human being used as an engine may not be the way you look at a bicycle, but that's how nature looks at it. This exceptional book analyzes, compares and judges the measurable aspects of people-power and the bicycle being ridden .... Happily, [the authors) haven't hidden the findings in a mass of jargon. The chapter on bicycle physics will get most readers to a useful level of understanding. The chapter on people-powered devices other than bicycles is fascinating."- J. Baldwin, "The CoEvolution Quarterly"

About the Author:

David Gordon Wilson is Professor of Mechanical Engineering Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the coauthor of the first two editions of Bicycling Science and was the editor of the journal Human Power from 1994 to 2002.

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