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Kaye 210 $aWeinheim ;$aNew York $cVCH$dc1996 215 $a1 online resource (439 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9783527293223 311 08$a3527293221 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aGolf Balls, Boomerangs and Asteroids; Table of Contents; Word Finder; Chapter 1 Why do Golf Balls have Dimples?; 1.1 Warning: Golf Balls are Potentially Lethal!; 1.2 Featheries, Gutties, and Composite Balls; 1.3 Bouncing Balls and Leaping Athletes; 1.4 Golf Balls with Perfect Centres of Gravity; 1.5 What turns an Innocent Dimpled White Ball into a Lethal Missile?; 1.6 Golf Ball Dynamics: Impulsive Deformation and a Lift from Dr . Magnus; 1.7 The Scientific Study of Dimples; 1.8 Floating Golf Balls and Aggressive Crocodiles; 1.9 Golf Balls in the 21St Century; References 327 $aChapter 2 The Science of Bows and Arrows2.1 Using Potential Energy to Launch a Missile; 2.2 Working at Storing Potential Energy in a Bow; 2.3 Graphical Illustration of the Energy Stored in a Shielded Bow; 2.4 Vane Strategies; 2.5 The Composite Bow; 2.6 The Crossbow and William Tell; 2.7 How Big should an Arrow Be?; 2.8 The Bow and Arrow in Military History; 2.9 Pulleys for Bows; 2.10 Metaphorical Missiles and Metamorphosed Bows; References; Chapter 3 Racketeering Missiles; 3.1 Love and Tennis; 3.2 Tennis Balls - Flannel Wrap and Gas!; 3.3 Vibrations, Sweet Spots, and Space Age Rackets 327 $a3.4 Serving the Ball3.5 How Do They Measure the Velocity of those Speeding Balls?; 3.6 Slow Down, You Move Too Fast; 3.7 Carbon Feathers and Plastic Skirts for Battered Birds; 3.8 Are You Being Servied? (The Robot is Here); References; Chapter 4 Bolas, Boomerangs and Bouncing Bombs; 4.1 Gauchos, Bolas, and Spinning Tops; 4.2 Boxcar Integrators and Lasers; 4.3 Some Circumspect Vocabulary; 4.4 Killing Giants and Catching Fish; 4.5 Dancing Aborigines and Skipping Stones; 4.6 Deadly Missiles of Cricket and Baseball; 4.7 Keep Your Eye Away from the Ball?; References 327 $aChapter 5 Darts, Stone Disks and Boomerangs5.1 Javelins and Snow Snakes; 5.2 Bernoulli's Principle, Venturi Throats, and Pitot Tubes; 5.3 Stone Disks and Flying Dish Pans?; 5.4 Killing Sticks and Boomerangs; 5.5 Flying Toys of Tomorrow; References; Chapter 6 Pea Shooters, Rockets and Rifles; 6.1 Peashooters and Blowpipes; 6.2 From Muskets to Machine Guns; 6.3 Shrapnel, Dumdums and Devastators; 6.4 Laser Rifles and Swords of Light; 6.5 Moon Shots; 6.6 Tit for Tat in Missile Development; 6.7 Manufacturing with Missiles; 6.8 Fatal Fiesta Frolicking?; References 327 $aChapter 7 Rockets: From Fireworks to Trans-Galactic Missiles7.1 Rockets and Newton's Third Law of Motion; 7.2 Getting Rockets off the Ground; 7.3 What Goes Up, Must Come Down (Most of the Time!); 7.4 Heat Transfer Mechanisms; 7.5 Designing Heat Protection Shields for Returning Space Missiles and Capsules; 7.6 Did Astronauts See Shooting Starts in Their Eyes?; 7.7 Circulating Missile Messangers; 7.8 Interplanetary and Trans-Galactic Missiles with a Message; 7.9 The Future of Fireworks Displays; References; Chapter 8 Cosmic Collisions; 8.1 Target Earth 327 $a8.2 The Dynamics of Asteroid Collisions on the Surface of the Earth 330 $aExciting reading for anyone with a curious mind!'Walking one day by a golf course in Wisconsin, I was startled to hear a sharp bang as a golf ball narrowly missed my head and hit a tree. 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