Product Information
This book is an revision and expansion of the best selling AIP Press title, Physics of Golf. It includes a new chapter on putting, a new appendix on the fundamental physics covered in the book, increased coverage of modern club design, and an updated reference section. As in the previous book, most of the mathematics is relegated to a technical appendix. The first edition of this book sold 8500 units USP and was reviewed enthusiastically by the both the sciece press in Physics Today, IEEE Spectrum, and Nature and the golf world in American Golf Pro and Golf Week. Excerpts from reviews: Jorgensen's book may be about the last word on the golf swing...for anyone who has swung a golf club, the book is fun to read. Physics Today, 6/94, by Bob Adair, author of Physics of Baseball. ...(book) gives us new insights and precise views into the forces and torques developed in the downswing...Thank you, Dr. Jorgensen. We will all treasure your book. American Golf Pro, winter 1996 Jorgensen writes for a wide readership ranging from nongolfing fellow physicists...to nonscientific golfers... Nature, 1994 Daly's book is in the bucket; my sporting future is assured due to the Physics of Golf . Contemporary Physics, 1994Product Identifiers
PublisherSpringer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN-139780387986913
eBay Product ID (ePID)87899590
Product Key Features
Number of Pages189 Pages
Publication NameThe Physics of Golf
LanguageEnglish
SubjectPhysics
Publication Year1999
TypeTextbook
AuthorTheodore P. Jorgensen
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height235 mm
Item Weight487 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorTheodore P. Jorgensen