02441nam 2200481Ia 450 991078097780332120230725041542.00-8018-9793-9(CKB)2520000000007673(EBL)3318528(MiAaPQ)EBC3318528(Au-PeEL)EBL3318528(CaPaEBR)ebr10367608(OCoLC)923195550(EXLCZ)99252000000000767320090707d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||Gold medal physics[electronic resource] the science of sports /John Eric GoffBaltimore, Md. Johns Hopkins University Pressc20101 online resource (229 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8018-9322-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-209) and index.""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""Nothing is quite as thrilling as watching superior athletes do the seemingly impossible and wonder, "How did they do that?" Learn the basic physics behind the athletic endeavors of the sporting events you watch.Sports sciencesForce and energyMiscellaneaPhysicsSports sciences.Force and energyPhysics.796.015333.93bclGoff John Eric1970-1562930MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780977803321Gold medal physics3830948UNINA