Book Club - Racing Green

Chemistry World Book Club by Chemistry World

Mar 7, 202219:50Science & Medicine

This episode examines the science behind auto racing by digging into Racing Green: How Motorsports Became Smarter, Safer, Cleaner and Faster , by science journalist and science historian Kit Chapman. In this his second b...

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