Diandra Leslie-Pelecky

Diandra Leslie-Pelecky is a nanomaterials researcher and teacher, as well as a master at making scienaccessible to anyone from science fans to sciencephobes. As Professor of Physics at West Virginia University, she has a long record of excellence in research and preparing future researchers. She also is committed to sharing her enthusiasm about science to people who are positive they can't possibly understand it. By painting vivid pictures and relating fundamental scientific principles to everyday life, she makes science not only fun and fascinating, but also emminently understandable.

"...one of the most intriguing and educational books ever written about the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing. "The Physics of NASCAR" may be one of the most intellectually challenging books you've read in a while. That's a good thing, because Leslie-Pelecky does a splendid job of balancing the hard-core scientific aspects of the sport (there are a lot of them) with the human side." –Mark Davis, Daytona Beach News-Journal