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St. John, Allen.
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Football.
Physics.
Sports sciences.
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Newton's football : ...
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Newton's football : the science behind America's game / Allen St. John and Ainissa G. Ramirez, PH.D.
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St. John, Allen.
New York : Ballantine Books, [2013]
Subjects
Football.
Physics.
Sports sciences.
Summary:
"How is the West Coast offense like quantum mechanics? How does the shape of the football invoke chaos theory? What lessons did Vince Lombardi glean from the brain of Sir Isaac Newton and the beautiful mind of John Nash? Should the NFL ban helmets? Why, in defiance of mathematics, does a coach almost never go for it on fourth down? The answers to these and dozens of other physics questions determine the outcome of every football game played in America, and--perhaps--the future of the nation's most popular sport"--
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
xvii, 250 pages ; 25 cm.
ISBN:
9780345545145 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
0345545141 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
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