Looking Inside Sports Aerodynamics (X-Ray Vision) [Paperback]

Ron Schultz (Author), Nick Gadbois (Illustrator), Peter Aschwanden (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up | Series: X-Ray Vision

From a devastating Nolan Ryan curve ball to a winning Monica Seles top-spin forehand, balls take some awesome bounces. With full-color graphics and stop-action photos, Ron Schultz depicts and describes an aerial display of all sorts of balls, and even frisbees. A great way to learn about gravity, friction, force, and other principles that govern aerodynamics.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 4-7-- Inspector Gadget takes a break from his Interpol duties to shepherd readers through the elaborate process of creating cartoons, from initial story idea to post-production polishing. He makes general statements about the rules of perspective and the "persistence of vision" that make moving pictures possible; about the track readers, layout artists, and numerous others who work on each scene; about other types of animation, such as Claymation. While this account only skims the surface of a huge subject, a supplementary "Toon Time Line" introduces the major names in the field, and several briefly described projects will help budding animators understand some of the principles involved. The full-color illustrations mix simple paintings, large blurry stills, and uncaptioned photos of people at work. In Sports Aerodynamics , Schultz steps forward to study a limited topic--the forces acting on balls and athletes in flight. After a short discussion of scientific principles, he goes on to explain why baseballs, footballs, basketballs, golf balls, and frisbees curve and swerve, why tennis balls are fuzzy, etc. Large full-color photos add visual interest, and sidebar digressions, plus diagrams festooned with arrows and squiggles, help to reinforce the text. Aside from some filler illustrations, both books are well produced; however, they lack further reading or source lists, and Cartoon Animation looks at only one (not particularly well-known) character. --John Peters, New York Public Library
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing (September 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1562610651
• ISBN-13: 978-1562610654
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.4 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,237,272 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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