Everywhere, things spin--wheels turn, motors hum, tornadoes roar. This book explains the history and basic physics of spinning objects, from yo-yos, drills, propellers, and washing machines, to ballet dancers, dust devils, and bacteria. The book gives instructive, entertaining accounts of everyday sights: Does a curve ball really curve? Why do figure skaters tuck in their arms? Can you make a disposable pen fly? How does a falling cat always land on its feet? Answers to these questions (and many others) tell the amazing story of things that spin.
Everywhere, things spin--wheels turn, motors hum, tornadoes roar. This book explains the history and basic physics of spinning objects, from yo-yos, drills, propellers, and washing machines, to ballet dancers, dust devils, and bacteria. The book gives instructive, entertaining accounts of everyday sights: Does a curve ball really curve? Why do figure skaters tuck in their arms? Can you make a disposable pen fly? How does a falling cat always land on its feet? Answers to these questions (and many others) tell the amazing story of things that spin.
Bill Gruber teaches baseball and American culture online for Emory University and lives in Moscow, Idaho. He is the author of several academic books and a memoir.
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Table of Contents Introduction: Of Gyroscopes and Pitchers' Mounds Chapter 1. Toy Story Chapter 2. Around the House Chapter 3. Amazing Grace Interchapter I: A (Very) Short History of a Metaphor Chapter 4. A Day at the Ballpark Chapter 5. Big Wheels Keep on Turning Chapter 6. Bullet Points Interchapter II: Making Iron Come Chapter 7. In the Sky Chapter 8. A Descent into the Maelstrom Chapter 9. Really, Really Big and Really, Really Small Coda: James Clerk Maxwell and the Defenestration of Cats Chapter Notes Works Cited Index
Table of Contents Introduction: Of Gyroscopes and Pitchers' Mounds Chapter 1. Toy Story Chapter 2. Around the House Chapter 3. Amazing Grace Interchapter I: A (Very) Short History of a Metaphor Chapter 4. A Day at the Ballpark Chapter 5. Big Wheels Keep on Turning Chapter 6. Bullet Points Interchapter II: Making Iron Come Chapter 7. In the Sky Chapter 8. A Descent into the Maelstrom Chapter 9. Really, Really Big and Really, Really Small Coda: James Clerk Maxwell and the Defenestration of Cats Chapter Notes Works Cited Index
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