Fast Running Tracks
- 1 December 1978
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Scientific American
- Vol. 239 (6), 148-163
- https://doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican1278-148
Abstract
Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives. On a springy new indoor track at Harvard University runners can run faster than they can on standard tracks. The design of the track was arrived at through a close analysis of the mechanics of human runningKeywords
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