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Gliding for Gold: The Physics of Winter Sports

AUTHOR Denny, Mark
PUBLISHER Johns Hopkins University Press (09/30/2011)
PRODUCT TYPE Hardcover (Hardcover)

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ISBN-13: 9781421402147
ISBN-10: 1421402149
Binding: Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 200
Carton Quantity: 32
Product Dimensions: 6.10 x 0.70 x 9.00 inches
Weight: 0.88 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Bibliography, Index, Illustrated
Country of Origin: US
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Science | Physics - Quantum Theory
Science | Winter Sports - Ice & Figure Skating
Science | Applied
Grade Level: College Freshman - Post Graduate
Dewey Decimal: 530
Library of Congress Control Number: 2011000459
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Author: Denny, Mark
After earning a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Edinburgh University, Mark Denny pursued research at Oxford University from 1981 to 1984, then moved into a career in industry. For nearly twenty years he developed radar and sonar systems for several multinational aerospace corporations. He is the author of Ingenium: Five Machines That Changed the World, also published by Johns Hopkins. Denny is now retired and lives on Vancouver Island.
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