The pre-game show -- It's not over until the trombone player goes down : vectors and how to think like a physicist -- All hail Flutie : gravity and projectiles -- Vive le Lance : simplifying the complicated -- A leap into the unknown : more projectiles and angular momentum -- Amazing spins in and around all kinds of water : rotations in water sports -- Soccer kicks gone bananas : off-center kicking and the Magnus force -- Four Olympics and four straight gold medals : centripetal motion and lift -- It takes more that a big gut : caloric consumption and linear momentum -- The post-game show
Summary
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
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-209) and index
Notes
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