LEADER 02763nam 22004695 450 001 9910973424103321 005 20251116172118.0 010 $a0-300-24907-1 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300249071 035 $a(CKB)4100000009445374 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5910255 035 $a(DE-B1597)542086 035 $a(OCoLC)1122457477 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300249071 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7023188 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7023188 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000009445374 100 $a20200406h20192019 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aFalling felines and fundamental physics /$fGregory J. Gbur 210 1$aNew Haven, CT :$cYale University Press,$d[2019] 210 4$dİ2019 215 $a1 online resource (320 pages) 311 08$a0-300-23129-6 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tPreface: Cats Are Crazy --$tDisclaimer --$t1. Famous Physicists' Fascination with Falling Felines --$t2. The (Solved?) Puzzle of the Falling Cat --$t3. Horses in Motion --$t4. Cats on Film --$t5. Going Round and Round --$t6. Cats Rock the World --$t7. The Cat-Righting Reflex --$t8. Cats . . . in . . . Space! --$t9. Cats as Keepers of Mysteries --$t10. Rise of the Robotic Cats --$t11. The Challenges of Cat-Turning --$t12. Falling Felines and Fundamental Physics --$t13. Scientists and Their Cats --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tAcknowledgments --$tIndex 330 $aHow do cats land on their feet? Discover how this question stumped brilliant minds and how its answer helped solve other seemingly impossible puzzles   The question of how falling cats land on their feet has long intrigued humans. In this playful and eye?'opening history, physicist and cat parent Gregory Gbur explores how attempts to understand the cat?'righting reflex have provided crucial insights into puzzles in mathematics, geophysics, neuroscience, and human space exploration.   The result is an engaging tumble through physics, physiology, photography, and robotics to uncover, through scientific debate, the secret of the acrobatic performance known as cat?'turning, the cat flip, and the cat twist. Readers learn the solution but also discover that the finer details still inspire heated arguments. As with other cat behavior, the more we investigate, the more surprises we discover. 606 $aPhysics$vMiscellanea 606 $aCats$xPhysiology 615 0$aPhysics 615 0$aCats$xPhysiology. 676 $a530 700 $aGbur$b Greg$01193397 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910973424103321 996 $aFalling felines and fundamental physics$94496213 997 $aUNINA