THE PHYSICS IN BASEBALL

On-the-field demonstrations are explained through narration and onscreen diagrams and equations. Four segments with stopping points look at the pitch (how gravity, drag, and the Magnus force affect the path of the ball), the hit (kinetic energy, the coefficient of restitution, and Newton’s laws of motion), the flight (launch angle, drag, turbulence, temperature, air density, and the Magnus force again), and running the bases (force, mass, inertia, and acceleration). Grades 9–12. Color. 27 minutes. WNEO/WEAO. ©2004.

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