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Does a curve ball really curve? Why does a golf ball have dimples? Answers to these and hundreds of other questions in this entertaining, well-illustrated account of scientific principles underlying major sports activities. Includes a chapter on athlete's body and its performance related to physical principles.
Reprint of Young Scientists and Sports, Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. New York, 1962.
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