Isbn: 9798311339513 - adventures of a golf ball (2 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Unexpectedly funny. a clever ride through tech, golf, and pure creativity.' 'A love letter to human ingenuity-with a dimpled narrator you won't forget.' 'Entertaining, intelligent, and yes-full of real golf physics.' What if the idea that transformed golf came not from a brilliant engineer-but from the golf ball itself Meet Flogi: well travelled, sharply observant and considerably more intelligent than anyone suspects. He has survived wayward drives, deep rough, careless owners and journeys across half the world. Along the way, he passes between four very different friends: Sandeep, a playful Google technologist; John, a fiercely competitive aviation innovator; Henk, an eccentric space engineer; and Alan, the methodical systems expert trying to keep everyone grounded.Flogi watches as their lives intersect through golf, friendship and a seemingly impossible idea: to create the ultimate intelligent golf ball.From California fairways and European aerospace laboratories to India's technology industry, their accidental collaboration grows into an ambitious international venture. But clever inventions attract rivalry, inflated promises and spectacular opportunities for things to go wrong-and Flogi has opinions about all of it.Narrated by the most unusual member of the team, Adventures of a Golf Ball is a fast-moving, warm and witty story about human ingenuity, technological ambition and the friendships that survive both.Perfect for readers who enjoy intelligent comedy, international adventures, golf, technology-and narrators with plenty of dimples and attitude.…