The world's fastest machines
(2011)
By:
Aboff, Marcie
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
E/629.046/ABOFF,M
0 Holds on 1 Copy
Availability
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PUBLISHED
Chicago, Ill. : Raintree, [2011]
©2011
©2011
DESCRIPTION
32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781410938510 (hc), 1410938514 (hc), 9781410938855 (pb), 1410938859 (pb), 9781406216875 (hbk.), 1406216879 (hbk.), 9781410938510
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
The world's fastest machines -- Formula 1 race car -- NASCAR cars -- SSC Ultimate Aero -- SR71 Blackbird -- Space shuttle -- TGV train -- Maglev train -- Suzuki Hayabusa motorcycle -- Earthrace boat -- Kawasaki jet ski -- Kingda Ka roller coaster
From race cars to military aircraft, this book gives facts and figures on the fastest vehicles in the world, and shows how these extreme machines help us do jobs that ordinary slower and less powerful vehicles can't do
Lexile: 760
NC 760
NC640L
Decoding demand: 75 (high) Semantic demand: 92 (very high) Syntactic demand: 83 (very high) Structure demand: 88 (very high)