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" The physics of basketball / "
John J. Fontanella.
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BL
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635072
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Fontanella, John Joseph,1945-
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The physics of basketball /\ John J. Fontanella.
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| Publication Statement
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Baltimore :: Johns Hopkins University Press,, 2006.
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xiv, 150 p. :: ill. ;; 23 cm.
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0801885132 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
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: 9780801885136 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-144) and index.
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| Contents
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The final four -- Projectile notion -- Nothing but net -- Basket case -- That's the way the ball bounces -- Hang time.
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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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Physics.
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Basketball.
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Force and energy.
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Human mechanics.
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796.32301/53
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QC26.F66 2006
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