The Physics of Basketball
- The Physics of Basketball
Infobox Book
name = The Physics of Basketball
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author = John Fontanella
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language = English
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subject = Physics and Basketball
genre = Non-fiction
publisher = Johns Hopkins University Press
release_date = 2006-11-15
media_type = Print (Hardcover)
pages = 168
isbn = ISBN 0-8018-8513-2
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"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 Florida. 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.
External links
* [http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title_pages/9147.html Johns Hopkins' Book Site]
* [http://usna.edu/Users/physics/jjf/ John Fontanella's site]
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