Blue and green book with pictorial jacket showing photos of sailing boats. Book and jacket both in very good condition; one significant dent to spine end of lower back cover which has caused wrinkling to jacket also. Book discusses history of sailing, and physics at the layman's level. Includes numerous black and white illustrations and photos. Book includes appendix, notes, glossary, list of suggested reading, and an index.

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T�tulo: Float Your Boat!: The Evolution and Science of Sailing
Editor: Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD
Fecha de publicaci�n: 2008
Idioma: Ingl�s
ISBN 10: 0801890098
ISBN 13: 9780801890093
Encuadernaci�n: Hardcover
Edici�n: 1st Edition
Estado: Very Good

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An estimated 4.1 million people in the United States participate in recreational sailing. Yet the large library of sailing literature leaves many of them high and dry. On one side are technical guides for America's Cup boat-builders; on the other, simplistic books for weekend sailors with little interest in science. In Float Your Boat! professional and amateur boaters alike will find intelligent and understandable answers to such questions as: What were the key innovations that made sailboats more efficient? How do you increase the speed of a boat? How do sailboats travel into the wind? Why are so many explanations of sailing so wrong? Sailing enthusiast and physicist Mark Denny first traces the evolution of the sailing craft, from prehistoric coracles made of animal skins and antlers to the sailboat's reinvention as a pleasure craft during the Industrial Revolution. He then identifies specific sailing phenomena-how wind drives modern Bermuda sloops, how torque determines stability, why hull speed exists-and provides the key physics principles behind them. Whether you are an inquisitive landlubber who has never set foot in a boat, a casual weekend sailor, or an old salt who lives for the sea, Float Your Boat! is an accessible guide to the physics of sailing.

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Mark Denny is a theoretical physicist who has worked in academia and industry. He is the author of numerous books, including Lights On! The Science of Power Generation, Making Sense of Weather and Climate: The Science behind the Forecasts, and Making the Most of the Anthropocene: Facing the Future.

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