John Zumerchik

Newton on the Tee (eBook, ePUB)

A Good Walk Through the Science of Golf

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

John Zumerchik was an editor for the Encyclopedia of Sports Science, a two-volume reference work covering the physiology and physics of sports as well as the physics of sports injuries, and is serving the dual role of author/ editor for the three-volume Macmillan Encyclopedia of Energy. He previously served as a senior editor of the American Institute of Physics, and as a physics, forestry, and geology editor for the college division of McGraw-Hill. He lives in New York.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781416596950
• Artikelnr.: 49187050

Autorenporträt

John Zumerchik has had a varied career as an editor/writer. He was an editor for the Macmillan Encyclopedia of Sports Science (1997), a two-volume reference work covering the physiology and physics of sports as well as the physics of sports injuries. (Though listed as editor, he authored or rewrote over half the entries.) He is also serving the dual role of author/editor for the three-volume Macmillan Encyclopedia of Energy. He previously served as a Senior Editor of the American Institute of Physics, and as a Physics, Forestry and Geology Editor for the College Division of McGraw-Hill. He lives in New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Preface
1
How Easy Is this Game Anyway?
2
The Physics of a Sweet Swing
3
Mind over Muscle: Motor Control and Mastering the Mental Game
4
Getting the Ball from Here to There
5
Clubs and Balls: Does It Matter What?s in the Bag?
6
Injuries and Aging: The Physics and Physiology Behind the Decline in Our
Play
7
Probability and Statistics
Afterword
Bibliography
Index