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Title:

Why a curveball curves : the incredible science of sports / edited by Frank Vizard ; foreward by Robert Lipsyte.

Publisher:

Hearst Books,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

224 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Sports sciences.

Other Authors:

Vizard, Frank.

Other Titles:

Popular mechanics (Chicago, Ill. : 1959)

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

Training -- Baseball -- Basketball -- Bowling -- Boxing -- Cycling -- Football -- Golf -- Hockey -- Running -- Skiing -- Soccer -- Swimming & diving -- Tennis.

Summary:

What does Bernoulli's law have to do with curveballs? What does drag have to do with swimming? Will "gene doping" produce super athletes? Find out the science behind your favorite sport.

Series:

Popular mechanics

ISBN:

1588164756
9781588164759

OCLC:

(OCoLC)162126778

LCCN:

2007029702

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

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URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)

54SX745 -- Emmetsburg High School (Emmetsburg)

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POSX851 -- Ballard Community High School (Huxley)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

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UJPE911 -- Norwalk Easter Public Library (Norwalk)

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NGPB343 -- Rockford Public Library (Rockford)

HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)