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Newton on the Tee : A Good Walk Through the Science of Golf by John Zumerchik (2002, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherSimon & Schuster

ISBN-100743212142

ISBN-139780743212144

eBay Product ID (ePID)1992395

Product Key Features

Book TitleNewton on the Tee : a Good Walk Through the Science of Golf

Number of Pages256 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicGolf, General, Physics / General

Publication Year2002

IllustratorYes

GenreSports & Recreation, Science

AuthorJohn Zumerchik

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight14.6 Oz

Item Length8.4 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2003-266828

Dewey Edition21

ReviewsAnnette ThompsonThis game is not hard if you think you can control a two-inch angled surface hitting a one-and-a-half-inch round ball on the end of a thirty-six- to forty-five-inch stick traveling at somewhere up to one hundred miles an hour. If you think that's easy, then the game is easy.

Dewey Decimal796.3523

Table Of ContentContents Preface 1How Easy Is this Game Anyway?2The Physics of a Sweet Swing3Mind over Muscle: Motor Control and Mastering the Mental Game4Getting the Ball from Here to There5Clubs and Balls: Does It Matter What's in the Bag?6Injuries and Aging: The Physics and Physiology Behind the Decline in Our Play7Probability and Statistics AfterwordBibliographyIndex

SynopsisIn this text, John Zumerchik ponders, explores and explains the endless details that make golf such a maddening, fascinating, tantalizing pursuit., Like no other sport, golf obsesses those poor souls who hope to master its subtleties and abundant complexities. One shot is hit like a dream, the next a nightmare. As a result, the game's disciples have embraced any and all techniques endorsed by pros and hackers, poets and philosophers (these days a good walk is often spoiled by tripping over a sandtrap's worth of Zen meditations and mystical tomes). But while so many have journeyed through golf's metaphysics, no one has presented a readable, compelling look at thescienceof the game -- until now.InNewton on the Tee,accomplished science writer John Zumerchik examines, explores, and explains to us the endless details that make golf such a tantalizing pursuit. Written in language accessible to even the most scientifically disinclined, Zumerchik's book delves into areas of supreme importance to every golfer, including:The Physics of the Sweet Swing:The universal principles shared by all those rhythmic and well-timed swings you see on TV but not in the mirrorMind Over Muscle:How the brain affects and controls the movements of the body (and why confidence is the golfer's most indispensable tool)Getting the Ball from Here to There:Decoding the vagaries of launch angles, spin, lift, and gravity that make the difference between walking happily down the fairway and tramping into the bunkersProbability and Statistics:Understanding the mathematics of golf, and a by-the-numbers appraisal of golf's greatest legendsWith a firm grasp of both his subject and his 7-iron, Zumerchik takes the reader through all these topics and more, in an entertaining and enlightening work that will give every golfer something to chew on besides his or her nails, and make clear and comprehensible the hundred-and-thirty-five things you shouldn't think about during your backswing.

LC Classification NumberGV967