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 enlarge | Author: Robert K. Adair
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Category: Book
List Price: $12.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  32 reviews
Sales Rank: 41520
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.3 x 0.6
ISBN: 0060084367
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.3570153
EAN: 9780060084363
ASIN: 0060084367
Publication Date: May 1, 2002
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Condition: Publisher's Overstock, Excellent Condition, may have remainder mark
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Great learning November 29, 2004
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a good book for baseball players so they can learn more about how the game is played in technical, and physics way.
I was a little confused with all the formulas in calculating pitches, but that's just me.
people will like this book because of how interesting it is, and how it explains the physics of america's past time.
Jamaal's Advertisement of "The Physics of Baseball" November 28, 2004
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book technically describes the physics of baseball. It contains descriptions of techniques of how you pitch and hit the ball. The book goes into every single detail of what angle the bat could hit the ball. If you are interested in baseball and you think you know the game, you don't because this book provides information that you could not have thought of. For the serious baseball player, I recommend reading this book.
 fascinating and enlightening October 20, 2004
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
some parts are a little technical for me, but overall the book was one of the most interesting and educational books I've read in a long time. it changed the way I watch baseball and gives me even more respect and admiration for those who can play at the professional level. It takes what seems to be a simple act of hitting or throwing and makes me wonder how any can actually do this, then I think about how amazing the human body is to be able to perform like that. wow.
Incredible Book! July 14, 2004
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I am a HUGE baseball fan, and have been since Junior High. I grew up at the little league fields watching my older brother play. Since I've been in college, my love for baseball has only grown. I read this book after just finishing college level introductory physics. While the concepts in this book are not the most complicated, readers who have not had a similar level of instruction may find some of them hard to grasp. I think this is mainly due to the author's writing style. At any rate, even if it takes you a few times to read and understand the explanation of why a curve ball curves (which I have gone back to time and again because it so amazing!), it is well worth the time. Baseball fans will gain more respect for the game and its players. Skeptics who think the game is mind-numbingly boring might even come to like the game after reading this, if they have any respect for the role mental ability and precision plays in sports.I highly recommend this book for baseball players, fans, physics majors (it's one of the more fun and easy to comprehend real-life applications of your field of study!), and anyone who isn't afraid of a little technical language!
A Closer Look At Beseball April 12, 2004
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Trajectory lines, momentum, and distance vs. velocity from a batted ball aren't exactly what you think of when you watch the great game of baseball are they?
This book keeps the reader thinking outside of the box and it lets them get a closer look at which part of the bat will send the ball to a certian place-like in the stands, how fast the ball can be hit, and where the perfect hitting point-or 'sweet spot' is-among other things. It answers the questions of many 'rookies' like why their hand stings after a certain hit and how they missed that 'perfect' pitch. This book gets inside the game of baseball and it contains explainations for why the ball does 'what it does'.
This book is very informational and it provides great detail and extreme elaboration on virtually every topic that is covered.
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