The Physics of Basketball Brittney LeBlanc Physics 122 Physics comes into play throughout our lives‚ in absolutely everything we do‚ especially in sports such as basketball. Although you do not need to be a physician to become a basketball player‚ if you understand the basic physics of basketball‚ it can be very beneficial to your game. Specifically‚ understanding the physics behind shooting‚ passing‚ and dribbling the basketball. A Canadian named‚ Dr. James Naismith‚ was instructed to create an
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Physics in Sports Introduction Billiards‚ Pool or 8 Ball are the names given to this game. For many of us 8 Ball is a game that we play at friends’ place or at pool houses‚ pubs and a good many other places. But when you are playing 8 Ball you would never really think about physics would you? But it is there‚ and it is in play everytime the cue hits the ball to make it curve‚ everytime you jump the ball over another or bounce it around the cushioned sides to get the white ball
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UNIT 1 Modern Physics 1.1 CLASSICAL PHYSICS Newtons laws of motion are the basis of the most elementary principles of classical physics. Equations based on these laws are the simplest and they are suitable for solution of simple dynamical problems‚ such as the motion of macroscopic bodies‚ Lagranges equations‚ Hamiltons equations and Hamiltons principle are also fundamental principles of classical mechanics‚ because they are consistent with each other and with Newtons laws of
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Return to on-line Force Description List 3. An egg is free-falling from a nest in a tree. Neglect air resistance. A free-body diagram for this situation looks like this: Return to Questions Return to Info on Free-body diagrams Return to on-line Force Description List 4. A flying squirrel is gliding (no wing flaps) from a tree to the ground at constant velocity. Consider air resistance. A free-body diagram for this situation looks like this: Return to Questions Return to Info on Free-body
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Physics 344: Modern Physics University of Wisconsin - Whitewater Spring 2014 Syllabus Department of Physics Instructor: Jalal M. Nawash Office: UH 161. Phone: 472-5116. E-mail: nawashj@uww.edu Office Hours: Monday‚ Friday: 8:30 – 9:30. Monday 2:00 – 4:00‚ Thursday: 1:00 – 2:00 Prerequisites: PHYSCS 181 or PHYSCS 141 and MATH 254. Class location: Upham 141 Class time: 9:55 – 10:45 Monday‚ Wednesday
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Lamia Doueihi 2/27/15 AP European History Newtonian Physics and Darwinian Biology on European Culture Sir Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin were both influential men who had impacted European culture during their respected eras‚ and in later eras. Newton was an English physicist and mathematician. During the Enlightenment‚ his Newtonian physics impacted European culture with his effects on science. Charles Darwin was an English naturalist and geologist. One of his greatest impacts on European culture
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I. Introduction Physics is the natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through space and time‚ along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly‚ it is the general analysis of nature‚ conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves. Physics is one of the oldest academic disciplines‚ perhaps the oldest through its inclusion of astronomy. Over the last two millennia‚ physics was a part of natural philosophy along with chemistry‚ certain branches
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Presentation In Physics Objectives: 1. To answer the following questions: What is an investigatory project ? Why do 4th year students make an investigatory project ? Why did we choose our investigatory project ? To defend our investigatory project. What is an investigatory project ? An investigatory project is also known as an experimental project and is one which is used to show how something might happen if certain conditions are added to it. It can also be used to investigate why
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Review Complete the statement or answers the question. Which problems would NOT be a part of physics? A theory is A scientific hypothesis may turn out to be right or it may turn out to be wrong. If it is a valid hypothesis‚ there must be a test for proving that it is To test a scientific hypothesis you would Which of the following statements is not true? Which of the following is a reason to express scientific findings mathematically? Which has greater linear speed
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