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Outside the research lab. Volume 3, Physics in sport /

When you hear about the latest physics breakthroughs on the news, or attend university or college physics courses, it can be easy to think of physics as just an academic subject. But physics does much more than describe how matter and energy behave. It reveals how almost everything around us and, ev...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Holgate, Sharon Ann, Dr (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2019]
Colección:IOP (Series). Release 6.
IOP concise physics.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Cut and thrust--the physics of fencing
  • 2.1. Introduction
  • 2.2. Equipment
  • 2.3. Fencing technique
  • 2.4. Wheelchair fencing
  • 3. Foot to the floor--the physics of drag racing
  • 3.1. Introduction
  • 3.2. View from a drag racer
  • 3.3. Top Fuel dragsters
  • 4. Supporting role--physics behind the scenes in sport
  • 4.1. Introduction
  • 4.2. Radiation protection at the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics
  • 4.3. Gait analysis for sporting horses.