Science in the Arena: Explanations and Analyses of Performances and Phenomena in Sport

ISBN-13: 9781643271774 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 60 str.

Blane Baker

Opis

We often wonder whether or not athletes will reach certain peaks and what determines their limits of athletic performance. Science is uniquely equipped to answer these kinds of questions. This book has the primary goal of communicating understandable scientific explanations of athletic performance.

Spis treści

• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Author biography
• 1. Introduction and 1-D and 2-D motion
• 2. Energy and conservation
• 3. What did Newton say about force?
• 4. Momentum, collisions, and sweet spot
• 5. All that spin: angular motions and angular momentum
• 6. Effects of fluids in sport
• 7. Wave action
• 8. Doping in sport
• 9. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, concussions, and knee injuries
• 10. Special topics