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Super gear nanotechnology and sports team up

Provides a look at sports and nanotechnology, and discusses how this science, which manipulates objects at the atomic level, is being used to create high-tech swimsuits, tennis rackets, golf clubs, running shoes, and other sporting equipment.

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Main Author: Swanson, Jennifer (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2016]
Subjects:
Sports > Technological innovations > Juvenile nonfiction.
Sporting goods > Juvenile nonfiction.
Performance technology > Juvenile nonfiction.
Sports sciences > Juvenile nonfiction.
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Summary:Provides a look at sports and nanotechnology, and discusses how this science, which manipulates objects at the atomic level, is being used to create high-tech swimsuits, tennis rackets, golf clubs, running shoes, and other sporting equipment.
Physical Description:vii, 72 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 27 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 68-69) and index.
ISBN:9781580897204 (reinforced for library use)
1580897207 (reinforced for library use)
Author Notes:Jennifer Swanson is the award winning author of over 25 nonfiction and fiction books for children. Her books in the "How Things Work" series by The Child's World were named to the 2012 Booklist's Top 10 Books for Youth. Top reviews include a starred review in Booklist , and recommended reviews from School Librarians Workshop , Library Media Connection , and a Nerdy Book Club award. Jennifer's passion for science resonates in in all her books but especially, BRAIN GAMES (NGKids) which received a Eureka! Honor Award from the California Reading Association and SUPER GEAR: Nanotechnology and Sports Team Up which was named both a Best STEM book of 2017 and an Outstanding Trade Book 2017 by the National Science Teacher Association. She lives in Jacksonville, Florida.

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