Find out why you ought to put spin on the ball. Get tips on how to improve your free throw and increase your percentage from the charity stripe. YouтАЩll even learn how to shatter the backboard, if thatтАЩs something youтАЩve always dreamed of doing.
With photographs and simple high school formulas, physics professor FontanellaтАФwho played in college against Pittsburgh and SyracuseтАФreveals the key pieces of physics that underscore basketball. He covers almost every aspect of the game, weaving in stories from games heтАЩs played and games heтАЩs seen, and tales from basketball history and folklore. Physics comes alive as you see how Kobe Bryant, Wilt тАЬthe StiltтАЭ Chamberlain, Michael Jordan, Becky Hammon, and J. J. Reddick do naturally the things that Isaac Newton says they should.
John J. Fontanella is a physics professor at the United States Naval Academy.