The physics of basketball
Forget Newton's apple. It's a basketball that provides the ideal focus for physics. Layups, stuff shots, treys, hang time--the entire wonderful game of hoops yields its kinetic secrets to Fontanella's careful but entertaining application of mathematical science. Whether looking at a Steve Nash bounce pass, a Peja Stojakovich jump shot, or a Gus Johnson slam, Fontanella teases out explanatory formulas and geometry. Sometimes the analyses serve a chiefly theoretical interest: by probing the dynam…
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- Full title :The physics of basketball / John J. Fontanella.
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Forget Newton's apple. It's a basketball that provides the ideal focus for physics. Layups, stuff shots, treys, hang time--the entire wonderful game of hoops yields its kinetic secrets to Fontanella's careful but entertaining application of mathematical science. Whether looking at a Steve Nash bounce pass, a Peja Stojakovich jump shot, or a Gus Johnson slam, Fontanella teases out explanatory formulas and geometry. Sometimes the analyses serve a chiefly theoretical interest: by probing the dynamics of microcracks, for instance, Fontanella explains when and why a backboard will shatter.
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- Publication Date:2006.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Johns Hopkins University Press
- Place of Publication:Baltimore
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2006.
The Physical Object
- Description:xiv, 150 pages : : illustrations ; : 23 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0801885132, 9780801885136
- oclc:ocm65400495
- LC Classification:QC26
- Dewey Decimal:796.32301/53
Table of Contents
The final four -- Projectile notion -- Nothing but net -- Basket case -- That's the way the ball bounces -- Hang time.
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