John Zumerchik: Newton on the Tee

Cover: 9781416541295 | Newton on the Tee | A Good Walk Through the Science of Golf | Buch

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Beschreibung

This fascinating, conversational, thinking person's look at golf tackles everything from the physics of the swing to the aerodynamics of ball flight to the probabilities of breaking 80.

Über den Autor

JOHN ZUMERCHIK was an editor for the Macmillan Encyclopedia of Sports Science (1997), a two-volume reference work covering the physiology and physics of sports as well as the physics of sports injuries. (Though listed as editor, he authored or rewrote over half the entries.) He is also serving the dual role of author/editor for the three-volume Macmillan Encyclopedia of Energy. He previously served as a Senior Editor of the American Institute of Physics, and as a Physics, Forestry and Geology Editor for the College Division of McGraw-Hill.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Preface

1

How Easy Is this Game Anyway?

2

The Physics of a Sweet Swing

3

Mind over Muscle: Motor Control and Mastering the Mental Game

4

Getting the Ball from Here to There

5

Clubs and Balls: Does It Matter What?s in the Bag?

6

Injuries and Aging: The Physics and Physiology Behind the Decline in Our Play

7

Probability and Statistics

Afterword

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsjahr:	2008
Genre:	Importe , Sport
Produktart:	Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik:	Hobby & Freizeit
Thema:	Sonstige Sportarten
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781416541295
ISBN-10:	1416541292
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Zumerchik, John
Hersteller:	Simon & Schuster
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	216 x 140 x 15 mm
Von/Mit:	John Zumerchik
Erscheinungsdatum:	01.04.2008
Gewicht:	0,369 kg