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The Johns Hopkins University Press
November 2006
On Sale: November 15, 2006
168 pages
ISBN: 0801885132
EAN: 9780801885136
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Drain three pointers, slam dunk easily, and sink that buzzer
beater from half court with the help of simple science. Your
coach, physicist John J. Fontanella, shows how you can
improve your game if you take advice from Isaac Newton. As
you read, relive some of the great moments in the game --
this time with a scientist and diehard basketball fan as
your color analyst. Find out why you ought to put spin on the ball. Get tips on
how to improve your free throw and increase your percentage
from the charity stripe. You'll even learn how to shatter
the backboard, if that's something you've always dreamed of
doing. With photographs and simple high school formulas,
physics professor Fontanella -- who played in college
against Pittsburgh and Syracuse -- reveals the key pieces of
physics that underscore basketball. He covers almost every
aspect of the game, weaving in stories from games he's
played and games he's seen, and tales from basketball
history and folklore. Physics comes alive as you see how
Kobe Bryant, Wilt "the Stilt" Chamberlain, Michael Jordan,
Becky Hammon, and J. J. Reddick do naturally the things that
Isaac Newton says they should.
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