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Capstone Global Library

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12 septembre 2013

EAN13

9781406268539

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English

Poids de l'ouvrage

11 Mo

An unfamiliar noise stops shoppers in their tracks: cars and a truck are crashing into each other. Fortunately no-one is hurt seriously, but what has caused the accident? This book looks at the topics of forces and motion to explain about speed, acceleration, friction, and momentum. It shows how investigators can use their knowledge of science and technology to sift through the evidence to determine the cause of the crash.

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Publié par

Capstone Global Library

Date de parution

12 septembre 2013

EAN13

9781406268539

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

11 Mo

A N AT O M Y O F A N I N V E S T I G AT I O N

Forces and Motion: INVESTIGATINGA CAR CRASH

Ian Graham

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ISBN 978 1 406 26103 5 (hardback) 17 16 15 14 13 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Graham, Ian Forces and motion: investigating a car crash. – (Anatomy of an investigation)

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AcknowledgementsWe would like to thank the following for permission to reproduce photographs:Alamy pp. 18 (© Paul Bernhardt), 21 (© Simon Price), 34 (© Transtock Inc.), 36 (© Wildlife GmbH); Corbis pp. 30 (© Timothy Fadek), 31 (© Paul Thompson), 40 (© Corbis), 42(© Image Source); Getty Images pp. 10 (John Walker/ Fresno Bee/MCT), 13 (Philippe Merle/AFP), 15 (Nasa), 25 (Rolf Vennenbernd/AFP), 27 (Jack Hardmann/ Bloomberg), 43 (Haruyoshi Yamaguchi/Bloomberg), 49 (Robert Cianflone); iStockphoto pp. 17(© CountryStyle Photography), 32 (© Maxim Malevich), 41 (© Colleen Butler); Science Photo Library pp. 23 (Mauro Fermariello), 24 (Michael Donne), 28 (Robert Brook); Shutterstock pp. 8(© Dedyukhin Dmitry), 9 (© TFoxFoto), 19 (© Brad Thompson), 29 (© Tramper), 33 (© Amy Johansson), 35 (© oksana.perkins), 39 (© S_E), 45 (© azharjggt); Superstock p. 22 (Marka).

Cover photograph of a police investigator looking over a seven car accident reproduced with permission of Alamy (© ZUMA Wire Service).

We would like to thank Rob Newton for his invaluable help in the preparation of this book.

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Contents

Crash!..................................................................................... 4

First steps............................................................................... 8

Forces and energy ................................................................16

Collecting data ..................................................................... 24

Analysing the data ............................................................... 32

The verdict ........................................................................... 46

Investigation: reaction time.................................................. 48

Timeline ............................................................................... 50

Glossary ............................................................................... 52

Find out more....................................................................... 54

Index .................................................................................... 56

Some words are printed in bold,like this. You can find out what they mean by looking in the glossary on page 52.

Crash!

Vehicles are turning, skidding, and crashing into each other. A lorry slides sideways across the road.

H! AS A CR

Pedestrians hurry along, while traffic passes by unnoticed  until...

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