29 Physics in sports

(From original 1993 list with updates pending.)

B.29. Physics in sports

-books on physics in sports

Armenti, A., Jr. (1992), The Physics of sports (New York: American Institute of Physics), Call no. QC26 .P49 1991 v.1.

Watts, R. G. and Bahillm A. Terry (1990), Keep your eye on the ball: the science and folklore of baseball (W. H. Freeman), ISBN 0-7167-2104-X, Call no. QC 26 B38 1990.

Whitt, F. R. and D. G. Wilson (1990), Bicycling science, 2nd ed. (MIT PRess), ISBN 0-262-73060-X (pb), Call no. TL 410 W48 1982.

-miscellaneous papers on physics in sports

Brody, H. (1979), "Physics of the tennis racket," AJP 47, 482-487.

Brody, H. (1981), "Physics of the tennis racket II: the "sweet spot"," AJP 49, 816-819.

Brody, H. (1990), "Models of baseball bats," AJP 58, 756-758.

Frohlich, C. (1986), "Resource letter PS-1: physics of sports," AJP 54, 590-593.

Holmes, B. W. (1991), "Putting: how a golf ball and hole interact," AJP 59, 129-136.

Hooper, W. (1979), "Comment on "Maximizing the range of a shot put" [D. B. Lichtenberg and J. G. Wills, Am. J. Phys. 46, 547 (1978)]," AJP 47, 748-749.

King, A. L. (1975), "Project Boomerang," AJP 43, 771-773.

Liesegang, J. and A. R. Lee (1978), "Dynamics of a bicycle: nongyroscopic aspects," AJP 46, 130-132.

Lingard, S. (1988), "Note on the aerodynamics of a flyline," AJP 56, 756-757.

Marlow, W. C. (1981), "Bow and arrow dynamics," AJP 49, 320-333.

Nicklin, R. C. (1983), "Bikework," AJP 51, 423-429.

Prigo, R. B. (1982), "Classroom tightrope walking," AJP 50, 471-3.

Robson, J. N. (1990), "The physics of fly casting," AJP 58, 234-240.

Stepanek, A. (1988), "The aerodynamics of tennis balls - the topspin lob," AJP 56, 138142.

Vos, H. (1985), "Straight boomerang of balsa wood and its physics," AJP 53, 524-527.

Watts, R. G. and R. Ferrer (1987), "The lateral force on a spinning sphere: aerodynamics of a curveball," AJP 55, 40-44.

Watts, R. G. and E. Sawyer (1975), "Aerodynamics of a knuckleball," AJP 43, 960-963.

Weaver, R. (1976), "Comment on "Aerodynamics of a knuckleball" [R. G. Watts and E. Swayer, Am. J. Phys. 43, 960 (1975)]," AJP 44, 1215.

Wilk, S. R., R. E. McNair, and M. S. Feld (1983), "The physics of karate," AJP 51, 783-790.

Zayas, J. M. (1986), "Experimental determination of the coefficient of drag of a tennis ball," AJP 54, 622-5.

Zufiria, J. A. and J. R. Sanmartin (1982), "Influence of air drag on the optimum hand launching of a small, round projectile," AJP 50, 59-64.

Hennekam, W. and J. Bontsema (1991), "Determination of Ft and Kd from the solution of the equation of motion of a cyclist," EJP 12, 59-63.

le Henaff, Y. (1987), "Dynamical stability of the bicycle," EJP 8, 207-210.

Tuijn, C. and B. W. Kooi (1992), "The measurement of arrow velocities in the students' laboratory," EJP 13, 127-134.