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

By: Holgate, Sharon Ann, Dr [author.]Contributor(s): Morgan & Claypool Publishers [publisher.] | Institute of Physics (Great Britain) [publisher.]Material type: TextTextSeries: IOP (Series)Release 6 | IOP concise physicsPublisher: San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2019]Distributor: Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2019]Description: 1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (chiefly color)Content type: text Media type: electronic Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781643276700 ebookOther title: Physics in sportSubject(s): Sports | Impact of science & technology on society | SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects | Physics -- Popular worksAdditional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification: 530 LOC classification: QC24.5 .H656 2017eb vol. 3Online resources: e-book Full-text access Also available in print.
Contents:
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.
Abstract: 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 beh
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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.

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 beh

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Sharon Ann Holgate has a doctorate in experimental physics from the University of Sussex in the UK, where she was a Visiting Fellow in Physics and Astronomy, and is now a Chartered Scientist and Chartered Physicist. She has worked for twenty-one

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