Publication year: 2006
: 978-0-387-47289-8
this book discusses a range of familiar, connected, but largely undeveloped, topics in an accessible, but complete manner. ‘Toys’ familiar to all of us are covered as well as high-tech products of the aerospace industry. Spinning Flight includes not only the latest published results but also describes Lorenz’s own experiments with ‘how-to’ instructions on how readers can do their own experiments.
: Physics and Astronomy, Samaras, aerodynamics, boomerangs explained, dynamics of frisbees, linear optimization, physics of spinning objects, skipping stones physics, spinning objects explained