Language English Media type Print (Hardcover) ISBN 0-8018-8513-2 Originally published 15 November 2006 Page count 168 Subjects Physics, Basketball | Publication date 2006-11-15 Pages 168 OCLC 65400495 Genre Non-fiction | |
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Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press Similar The physics of hockey, The physics of baseball, The physics of golf | ||
The physics of basketball
The Physics of Basketball is a non-fiction book by John Fontanella first published on November 15, 2006 that explores the scientific side of basketball. It is written from the perspective of a fan of the game and then through the eyes of a physicist.
John Fontanella has been a physics professor at the United States Naval Academy since 1971 and was a college basketball player for Westminster College in New Wilmington, PA. As a senior in 1967, he was a NAIA First Team All-American. He then earned an NCAA postgraduate scholarship to Case Western Reserve where he earned his Ph.D. in Physics. He is currently focusing his research on naval applications of dielectrics.
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