The Physics of Basketball

The Physics of Basketball
Author John Fontanella
Language English
Subject Physics and Basketball
Genre Non-fiction
Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date
2006-11-15
Media type Print (Hardcover)
Pages 168
ISBN 0-8018-8513-2
OCLC 65400495
796.32301/53 22
LC Class QC26 .F66 2006

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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