The Physics of Baseball: Third Edition, Revised, Updated, and Expanded – Sports Science Insights on Batting, Pitching, and Curve Ball Motion - Softcover

Adair, Robert K.

 
9780060084363: The Physics of Baseball: Third Edition, Revised, Updated, and Expanded – Sports Science Insights on Batting, Pitching, and Curve Ball Motion
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0060084367 ISBN 13: 9780060084363
Verlag: Harper Perennial, 2002

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Blending scientific fact and sports trivia, Robert Adair examines what a baseball or player in motion does-and why. How fast can a batted ball go? What effect do stitch patterns have on wind resistance? How far does a curve ball break? Who reaches first base faster after a bunt, a right- or left-handed batter? The answers are often surprising -- and always illuminating.

This newly revised third edition considers recent developments in the science of sport such as the neurophysiology of batting, bat vibration, and the character of the "sweet spot." Faster pitchers, longer hitters, and enclosed stadiums also get a good, hard scientific look to determine their effects on the game.

Filled with anecdotes about famous players and incidents, The Physics of Baseball provides fans with fascinating insights into America's favorite pastime.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Robert Adair is Sterling Professor Emeritus of Physics at Yale University and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. His research has largely been concerned with the properties of the elementary particles and forces of the universe.

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Blending scientific fact and sports trivia, Robert Adair examines what a baseball or player in motion does-and why. How fast can a batted ball go? What effect do stitch patterns have on wind resistance? How far does a curve ball break? Who reaches first base faster after a bunt, a right- or left-handed batter? The answers are often surprising -- and always illuminating.

This newly revised third edition considers recent developments in the science of sport such as the neurophysiology of batting, bat vibration, and the character of the "sweet spot." Faster pitchers, longer hitters, and enclosed stadiums also get a good, hard scientific look to determine their effects on the game.

Filled with anecdotes about famous players and incidents, The Physics of Baseball provides fans with fascinating insights into America's favorite pastime.

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Verlag
Harper Perennial
Erscheinungsdatum
2002
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0060084367
ISBN 13 
9780060084363
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
3
Anzahl der Seiten
192
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