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- Introduction. A man named Wilt Chamberlain ; Seven-game World Series occur twice as often as six-, five-, or four-game World Series ; Physics and sport : a new course for nonscience majors ; The ancient origins of sports and of physics ; Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) and the physics of sports ; Vitruvius (1st century B.C.) decries excessive recognition and financial reward for athletes! ; Physics of sports in modern times -- Chapter 1 : The pioneers. Bad physics in athletic measurements / Paul Kirkpatrick ; Physics of bows and arrows / Paul E. Klopsteg -- Chapter 2 : The national pasttime. Batting the ball / Paul Kirkpatrick ; Catching a baseball / Seville Chapman ; Looking into Chapman's homer : the physics of judging a fly ball / Peter J. Brancazio ; Effect of spin and speed on the lateral deflection (curve) of a baseball, and the Magnus effect for smooth spheres / Lyman J. Briggs ; Aerodynamics of a knuckleball / Robert G. Watts and Eric Sawyer ; Models of baseball bats / Howard Brody ; The effect of spin on the flight of batted baseballs / A.F. Rex ; The effects of coefficient of restitution variations on long fly balls / David T. Kagan -- Chapter 3 : The golf ball and other sperical objects. Maximum projectile range with drag and lift, with particular application to golf / H. Erlichson ; Bowling frames : Paths of a bowling ball / D.C. Hopkins and J.D. Patterson ; Kinematics of an ultraelastic rough ball / Richard L. Garwin ; Physics of basketball / Peter J. Brancazio ; Kinematics of the free throw in basketball / A. Tan and G. Miller ; Maximizing the range of the shot put / D.B. Lichtenberg and J.G. Wills -- Chapter 4 : Running and jumping. Physics of sprinting / Igor Alexandrov and Philip Lucht ; A theory of competitive running ; Joseph B. Keller ; Physics of long-distance running / J. Strnad ; Power demand in walking and pace optimization / A. Bellemans ; Effect of wind and altitude on record performance in foot races, pole vault, and long jump / Cliff Frohlich ; Could an athlete run a 3-m radius "loop-the-loop?" / A. Armenti ; Fast running tracks / Thomas A. McMahon and Peter R. Greene -- Chapter 5 : Tennis. Physics of the tennis racket / Howard Brody ; Physics of the tennis racket II : The "sweet spot" / Howard Brody ; The moment of inertia of a tennis racket / Howard Brody ; That's how the ball bounces ' Howard Brody ; The aerodynamics of tennis balls-the topspin lob / Antonin Stepanek ; The tennis-ball bounce test / Howard Brody
- Chapter 6 : The bicycle. The stability of the bicycle / David E.H. Jones ; The stability of bicycles / J. Lowell and H.D. McKell ; More bicycle physics / Thomas B. Greenslade, Jr. ; Bicycles in the physics lab / Robert G. Hunt -- Chapter 7 : The human element. Newtonian mechanics and the human body : some estimates of performance / Herbert Lin ; Locomotion : energy cost of swimming, flying, and running / Knut Schmidt-Nielsen ; Karate strikes / Jearl D. Walker ; The physics of karate / S.R. Wilk, R.E. McNair, and M.S. Feld ; How can a downhill skier move faster than a sky diver? / A. Armenti ; Why do downhill racers pre-jump? / Rob Hignell and Colin Terry ; Physics and a skiing record / Albert A. Bartlett -- Chapter 8 : Fluids and sports. Aerodynamic effects on discus flight / Cliff Frohlich ; The study of sailing yachts / Halsey C. Herreshoff and J.N. Newman ; The physics of sailing / Peter Rye -- Drag force exerted by water on the human body / A. Bellemans ; The physics of swimming / M.R. Kent -- Chapter 9 : Sports assortment. The physics of kicking a football / Peter J. Brancazio ; Why does a football keep its axis pointing along its trajectory? / Peter J. Brancazio ; Probability, statistics, and the World Series of baseball / Kenneth S. Krane ; Exercise in probability and statistics, or the probability of winning at tennis / Gaston Fischer ; On the physics of drag racing / Geoffrey T. Fox ; Constant power equations of motion / Roger Stephenson ; Weight distribution / P.F. Hinrichsen ; Rowing : a similarity analysis / Thomas A. McMahon ; Why is it harder to paddle a canoe in shallow water? / A. Armenti ; Terminal velocity of a shuttlecock in vertical fall / Mark Peastrel, R. Lynch, and A. Armenti ; The physics of fly casting / John M. Robson ; Do springboard divers violate angular momentum conservation? / Cliff Frohlich -- Chapter 10 : Bibliography. Articles on the physics of sports ; Books on the physics of sports -- Appendices. 1 : Free throw fraction vs player height (NBA : 1972-1973) ; 2 : World Series data (1903-1990)
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- 9780883189467
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- The Physics of sports
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- The Physics of sports
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- Force and energy
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- The Physics of sports, edited by Angelo Armenti, Jr
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- Includes bibliographical references
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- Introduction. A man named Wilt Chamberlain ; Seven-game World Series occur twice as often as six-, five-, or four-game World Series ; Physics and sport : a new course for nonscience majors ; The ancient origins of sports and of physics ; Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) and the physics of sports ; Vitruvius (1st century B.C.) decries excessive recognition and financial reward for athletes! ; Physics of sports in modern times -- Chapter 1 : The pioneers. Bad physics in athletic measurements / Paul Kirkpatrick ; Physics of bows and arrows / Paul E. Klopsteg -- Chapter 2 : The national pasttime. Batting the ball / Paul Kirkpatrick ; Catching a baseball / Seville Chapman ; Looking into Chapman's homer : the physics of judging a fly ball / Peter J. Brancazio ; Effect of spin and speed on the lateral deflection (curve) of a baseball, and the Magnus effect for smooth spheres / Lyman J. Briggs ; Aerodynamics of a knuckleball / Robert G. Watts and Eric Sawyer ; Models of baseball bats / Howard Brody ; The effect of spin on the flight of batted baseballs / A.F. Rex ; The effects of coefficient of restitution variations on long fly balls / David T. Kagan -- Chapter 3 : The golf ball and other sperical objects. Maximum projectile range with drag and lift, with particular application to golf / H. Erlichson ; Bowling frames : Paths of a bowling ball / D.C. Hopkins and J.D. Patterson ; Kinematics of an ultraelastic rough ball / Richard L. Garwin ; Physics of basketball / Peter J. Brancazio ; Kinematics of the free throw in basketball / A. Tan and G. Miller ; Maximizing the range of the shot put / D.B. Lichtenberg and J.G. Wills -- Chapter 4 : Running and jumping. Physics of sprinting / Igor Alexandrov and Philip Lucht ; A theory of competitive running ; Joseph B. Keller ; Physics of long-distance running / J. Strnad ; Power demand in walking and pace optimization / A. Bellemans ; Effect of wind and altitude on record performance in foot races, pole vault, and long jump / Cliff Frohlich ; Could an athlete run a 3-m radius "loop-the-loop?" / A. Armenti ; Fast running tracks / Thomas A. McMahon and Peter R. Greene -- Chapter 5 : Tennis. Physics of the tennis racket / Howard Brody ; Physics of the tennis racket II : The "sweet spot" / Howard Brody ; The moment of inertia of a tennis racket / Howard Brody ; That's how the ball bounces ' Howard Brody ; The aerodynamics of tennis balls-the topspin lob / Antonin Stepanek ; The tennis-ball bounce test / Howard Brody
- Chapter 6 : The bicycle. The stability of the bicycle / David E.H. Jones ; The stability of bicycles / J. Lowell and H.D. McKell ; More bicycle physics / Thomas B. Greenslade, Jr. ; Bicycles in the physics lab / Robert G. Hunt -- Chapter 7 : The human element. Newtonian mechanics and the human body : some estimates of performance / Herbert Lin ; Locomotion : energy cost of swimming, flying, and running / Knut Schmidt-Nielsen ; Karate strikes / Jearl D. Walker ; The physics of karate / S.R. Wilk, R.E. McNair, and M.S. Feld ; How can a downhill skier move faster than a sky diver? / A. Armenti ; Why do downhill racers pre-jump? / Rob Hignell and Colin Terry ; Physics and a skiing record / Albert A. Bartlett -- Chapter 8 : Fluids and sports. Aerodynamic effects on discus flight / Cliff Frohlich ; The study of sailing yachts / Halsey C. Herreshoff and J.N. Newman ; The physics of sailing / Peter Rye -- Drag force exerted by water on the human body / A. Bellemans ; The physics of swimming / M.R. Kent -- Chapter 9 : Sports assortment. The physics of kicking a football / Peter J. Brancazio ; Why does a football keep its axis pointing along its trajectory? / Peter J. Brancazio ; Probability, statistics, and the World Series of baseball / Kenneth S. Krane ; Exercise in probability and statistics, or the probability of winning at tennis / Gaston Fischer ; On the physics of drag racing / Geoffrey T. Fox ; Constant power equations of motion / Roger Stephenson ; Weight distribution / P.F. Hinrichsen ; Rowing : a similarity analysis / Thomas A. McMahon ; Why is it harder to paddle a canoe in shallow water? / A. Armenti ; Terminal velocity of a shuttlecock in vertical fall / Mark Peastrel, R. Lynch, and A. Armenti ; The physics of fly casting / John M. Robson ; Do springboard divers violate angular momentum conservation? / Cliff Frohlich -- Chapter 10 : Bibliography. Articles on the physics of sports ; Books on the physics of sports -- Appendices. 1 : Free throw fraction vs player height (NBA : 1972-1973) ; 2 : World Series data (1903-1990)
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- 24246559
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- 28 cm
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- 9780883189467
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- illustrations
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- The Physics of sports, edited by Angelo Armenti, Jr
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Introduction. A man named Wilt Chamberlain ; Seven-game World Series occur twice as often as six-, five-, or four-game World Series ; Physics and sport : a new course for nonscience majors ; The ancient origins of sports and of physics ; Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) and the physics of sports ; Vitruvius (1st century B.C.) decries excessive recognition and financial reward for athletes! ; Physics of sports in modern times -- Chapter 1 : The pioneers. Bad physics in athletic measurements / Paul Kirkpatrick ; Physics of bows and arrows / Paul E. Klopsteg -- Chapter 2 : The national pasttime. Batting the ball / Paul Kirkpatrick ; Catching a baseball / Seville Chapman ; Looking into Chapman's homer : the physics of judging a fly ball / Peter J. Brancazio ; Effect of spin and speed on the lateral deflection (curve) of a baseball, and the Magnus effect for smooth spheres / Lyman J. Briggs ; Aerodynamics of a knuckleball / Robert G. Watts and Eric Sawyer ; Models of baseball bats / Howard Brody ; The effect of spin on the flight of batted baseballs / A.F. Rex ; The effects of coefficient of restitution variations on long fly balls / David T. Kagan -- Chapter 3 : The golf ball and other sperical objects. Maximum projectile range with drag and lift, with particular application to golf / H. Erlichson ; Bowling frames : Paths of a bowling ball / D.C. Hopkins and J.D. Patterson ; Kinematics of an ultraelastic rough ball / Richard L. Garwin ; Physics of basketball / Peter J. Brancazio ; Kinematics of the free throw in basketball / A. Tan and G. Miller ; Maximizing the range of the shot put / D.B. Lichtenberg and J.G. Wills -- Chapter 4 : Running and jumping. Physics of sprinting / Igor Alexandrov and Philip Lucht ; A theory of competitive running ; Joseph B. Keller ; Physics of long-distance running / J. Strnad ; Power demand in walking and pace optimization / A. Bellemans ; Effect of wind and altitude on record performance in foot races, pole vault, and long jump / Cliff Frohlich ; Could an athlete run a 3-m radius "loop-the-loop?" / A. Armenti ; Fast running tracks / Thomas A. McMahon and Peter R. Greene -- Chapter 5 : Tennis. Physics of the tennis racket / Howard Brody ; Physics of the tennis racket II : The "sweet spot" / Howard Brody ; The moment of inertia of a tennis racket / Howard Brody ; That's how the ball bounces ' Howard Brody ; The aerodynamics of tennis balls-the topspin lob / Antonin Stepanek ; The tennis-ball bounce test / Howard Brody
- Chapter 6 : The bicycle. The stability of the bicycle / David E.H. Jones ; The stability of bicycles / J. Lowell and H.D. McKell ; More bicycle physics / Thomas B. Greenslade, Jr. ; Bicycles in the physics lab / Robert G. Hunt -- Chapter 7 : The human element. Newtonian mechanics and the human body : some estimates of performance / Herbert Lin ; Locomotion : energy cost of swimming, flying, and running / Knut Schmidt-Nielsen ; Karate strikes / Jearl D. Walker ; The physics of karate / S.R. Wilk, R.E. McNair, and M.S. Feld ; How can a downhill skier move faster than a sky diver? / A. Armenti ; Why do downhill racers pre-jump? / Rob Hignell and Colin Terry ; Physics and a skiing record / Albert A. Bartlett -- Chapter 8 : Fluids and sports. Aerodynamic effects on discus flight / Cliff Frohlich ; The study of sailing yachts / Halsey C. Herreshoff and J.N. Newman ; The physics of sailing / Peter Rye -- Drag force exerted by water on the human body / A. Bellemans ; The physics of swimming / M.R. Kent -- Chapter 9 : Sports assortment. The physics of kicking a football / Peter J. Brancazio ; Why does a football keep its axis pointing along its trajectory? / Peter J. Brancazio ; Probability, statistics, and the World Series of baseball / Kenneth S. Krane ; Exercise in probability and statistics, or the probability of winning at tennis / Gaston Fischer ; On the physics of drag racing / Geoffrey T. Fox ; Constant power equations of motion / Roger Stephenson ; Weight distribution / P.F. Hinrichsen ; Rowing : a similarity analysis / Thomas A. McMahon ; Why is it harder to paddle a canoe in shallow water? / A. Armenti ; Terminal velocity of a shuttlecock in vertical fall / Mark Peastrel, R. Lynch, and A. Armenti ; The physics of fly casting / John M. Robson ; Do springboard divers violate angular momentum conservation? / Cliff Frohlich -- Chapter 10 : Bibliography. Articles on the physics of sports ; Books on the physics of sports -- Appendices. 1 : Free throw fraction vs player height (NBA : 1972-1973) ; 2 : World Series data (1903-1990)
- Control code
- 24246559
- Dimensions
- 28 cm
- Extent
- volumes <1>
- Isbn
- 9780883189467
- Lccn
- 91030634
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)24246559
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