The Science of Baseball: Batting, Bats, Bat-Ball Collisions, and the Flight of the Ball

by A. Terry Bahill

Explains how to select or design an optimal baseball or softball bat and create models for bat-ball collisions using only fundamental principles of mechanics from high school physics

Describes the results of the collision between baseball and bat using basic mathematics such as equations for the speed of the ball after the collision, bat speed after the collision, and bat rotation after the collision

Adopts a lucid writing style...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030030318
• ISBN13: 9783030030315
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 309 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.6" x 9.4"