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Gold Medal Physics : The Science of Sports.
Title:
Gold Medal Physics : The Science of Sports.
Author:
Goff, John Eric.
ISBN:
9780801897931
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (229 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- 1 The Pre-Game Show -- 2 It's Not Over Until the Trombone Player Goes Down: Vectors and How to Think Like a Physicist -- 3 All Hail Flutie: Gravity and Projectiles -- 4 Vive le Lance: Simplifying the Complicated -- 5 A Leap into the Unknown: More Projectiles and Angular Momentum -- 6 Amazing Spins in and around All Kinds of Water: Rotations in Water Sports -- 7 Soccer Kicks Gone Bananas: Off-Center Kicking and the Magnus Force -- 8 Four Olympics and Four Straight Gold Medals: Centripetal Motion and Lift -- 9 It Takes More Than a Big Gut: Caloric Consumption and Linear Momentum -- 10 The Post-Game Show -- Further Reading -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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