History Behind The Double Ball Bounce:
Believe it or not the Double Ball Bounce has some history behind this Physics demonstration. Therefore, I decided to conduct some research behind the main three components of the Double Ball Bounce: kinetic energy, momentum, and the rubber ball.
Kinetic Energy:
Kinetic energy is the energy of motion, so kinetic energy of an object is the energy it possesses because of its motion. When an object is in motion, it has kinetic energy. The word "kinetic" comes from the Greek word "kinesis" which means motion. In physics, it is the energy that every moving object possesses. The idea of kinetic energy in mechanics was first developed by Gottfried Leibniz and Johann Bernoulli, from the Netherlands. They thought of kinetic energy as the living force and did experiments to provide evidence of this. This project demonstrates how kinetic energy isn't lost during the elastic collision between two balls
Momentum:
Momentum was discovered a long time ago in about 530 A.D. John Philoponus, a Byzantine philosopher working in Alexandria, developed a concept of momentum in his commentary to Aristotle’s Physics. He went against Aristotle`s claim that when a ball is thrown, the air movements keeps the ball in the air. Philoponus pointed out the absurdity of this and suggested that an impetus was acting upon the ball as a result of throwing it. Philoponus’ idea and claim evolved over the centuries in what we now know as momentum. Rene Descartes helped the idea to evolve by suggesting that the total "quantity of motion" in the universe is conserved, where the quantity of motion is understood as the product of size and speed.
Rubber Ball:
Natural rubber was discovered in the western part of the world in the late 15th and early century in the west indies and central America. It has been recently discovered that rubber had been used by natives from that region from at least 1600 B.C. One of the oldest tribes from the region are the OLMECS which translates into the rubber people. Rubber Balls were important to the cultural religion of the Mayans. It was apparently used in games that was more like a fight to the death than a sport. The game is known as Mesoamerican ball game witch is still a game played today. That is how the creation of rubber and balls have an effect in history. The ball bounce effect has revolutionized history because without it we would never have had such glorious devices like the bounce house been created. Many things have been done since the discovery of the bounce effect in 1925. Bungee cords, bounce houses, and all other types of creations that involve the bouncing. Many discoveries have been made since the discovery of bouncing. Without the discovery of the Mesoamerican rubber a lot of things would have never been invented or maybe not discovered as soon as it was such as rubber stopper or the rubber bottom to shoes even the rubber on the wheels of a car.