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Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Force explores how humans interact with the material world in the course of their everyday activities. This book for the general reader also considers the significance of force in shaping societies and cultures. Celebrated author Henry Petroski delves into the ongoing physical interaction between people and things that enables them to stay put or causes them to move. He explores the range of daily human experience whereby we feel the sensations of...
4) Energy
Series
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"A graphic nonfiction volume that introduces energy, including its forms and uses. Features include several photographic pages, a glossary, additional resource list, and an index"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
[1990]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
A physicist explains the science behind some of the greatest feats in sports history-from diving like Greg Louganis to bending it like Beckham.
Nothing is quite as thrilling as watching superior athletes do the seemingly impossible. From Doug Flutie's "Hail Mary" pass to Lance Armstrong's record-breaking climb of Alp d'Huez to David Beckham's astounding ability to bend a soccer kick, we marvel and wonder, "How did they do that?" Well, physics professor...
14) Energy
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to energy. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
Author
Pub. Date
2004.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Are you forever rushing around, fending off chronic exhaustion? Are you desperately overcommitted, afraid to say no? Do you have fang marks from being bled dry by energy vampires? Does the onslaught of violence in the news leave you drained? If so, you're the victim of a hidden energy crisis. To resolve it you need more than traditional solutions such as eating well, getting a good night’s sleep, and exercising. Here at last is the complete...
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