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 H7ABC Welcome to the archival Web page for U.C. Berkeley’s Physics H7ABC‚ Honors Physics for Scientists and Engineers‚ Fall 1998‚ Spring 1999‚ and Fall 1999. Instructor: (Prof.) Mark Strovink. I have a research web page‚ a standardized U.C. Berkeley web page‚ and a statement of research interests. Physics H7A (Mechanics and Vibrations) Problem set solutions initially composed by E.A. ("Ted") Baltz Graduate Student Instructors: David Bacon and Elizabeth Wu Physics H7B (Electromagnetism
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College Physics OpenStax College Rice University 6100 Main Street MS-380 Houston‚ Texas 77005 To learn more about OpenStax College‚ visit http://openstaxcollege.org. Individual print copies and bulk orders can be purchased through our website. © 2013 by Rice University. The textbook content was produced by OpenStax College and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. Under the license‚ any user of the textbook or the textbook content herein must provide proper attribution
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AS Level Physics: Terms & Definitions:- Measurement Random errors are errors of measurements that result in a scatter of readings about a mean value. Systematic errors are errors of measurement which occur according to some fixed patterns such that they consistently give out an over-estimation or under-estimation of the true value. Accuracy is a measure of how close the results of an experiment agree with the true value. Precision is a measure of how close the results of an experiment
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Module 2 Honors Extension: The Physics in Swimming Physics is defined as the branch of science concerning the study of matter and energy and the interactions between the two. Physics tries to explain the nature of the world around us‚ how things happen and why. Swimming displays some physical properties‚ such as buoyancy‚ drag resistance and propulsion. We swimmers are at a constant battle to stay afloat‚ while fighting through the water and propelling ourselves forward‚ and we do so using technique
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The independent variable is the rise of the ramp‚the dependent variable whether or not the marble will loop the loop. The underlying principle of all roller coasters is the law of conservation of energy. When a roller coaster crests the first big hill‚gravity takes over. Potential energy is sometimes known as positional energy. As the roller coaster falls is has enough kinetic energy to make it through the remainder of the ride. Inertia keeps the object in motion. The other forces bring the roller
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The Importance of Physics to Society Physics - the study of matter‚ energy and their interactions - is an international enterprise‚ which plays a key role in the future progress of humankind. The support of physics education and research in all countries is important because: 1. Physics is an exciting intellectual adventure that inspires young people and expands the frontiers of our knowledge about Nature. 2. Physics generates fundamental knowledge needed for the future technological advances
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basic‚ losing weight is about burning more calories than what you eat. That seems simple enough‚ but if it were really that simple‚ none of us would have a weight problem. Too often we take drastic measures to see results‚ such as diets‚ pills or those weird fitness gadgets on infomercials that promise us instant success. Maybe you lose weight but what happens when you go off that diet or stop that crazy workout program? You gain it all back and more. The real secret to weight loss is to make
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MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) If you push for an hour against a stationary wall‚ you do no work A) on the wall. B) at all. C) both of these D) none of these 2) If you push an object twice as far while applying the same force you do A) twice as much work. B) four times as much work. C) the same amount of work. 3) If you push an object just as far while applying twice the force you do A) twice as much
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Introduction to Physic 1.1 Understanding Physics • A phenomenon is an occurrence that can be perceived by our senses • In physics‚ we study natural phenomena‚ such as the eruption of volcano‚ rain fall‚ formation of rainbow and the properties of matter‚ such as length‚ temperature‚ volume • There are many fields of study in physics‚ including force‚ motion‚ heat‚ light‚ waves‚ electricity‚ electromagnetism‚ electronics and nuclear physics 1.2 Physical Quantities • We discover physics by learning
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