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Spin: How the World (and Almost Everything in It) Turns
- Title:
- Spin: How the World (and Almost Everything in It) Turns
- Presenter:
- Bill Gruber
- Affiliations:
- English Emory University
- Date:
- 2024-09-10
- Academic Year:
- 2024/25
- Description:
- Everywhere, things spin—wheels turn, motors hum, tornadoes roar. This book explains the history and basic physics of spinning objects, from yo-yos, drills, propellers, and washing machines, to ballet dancers, dust devils, and bacteria. The book gives instructive, entertaining accounts of everyday sights: Does a curve ball really curve? Why do figure skaters tuck in their arms? Can you make a disposable pen fly? How does a falling cat always land on its feet? Answers to these questions (and many others) tell the amazing story of things that spin.
- Biography:
- Bill Gruber is an emeritus professor of English at Emory University. The author of numerous academic books and articles, he lives in Moscow, Idaho.
- Original Link:
- https://lib.uidaho.edu/events/renfrew.html
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- Citation:
- "Spin: How the World (and Almost Everything in It) Turns", Renfrew Colloquium Archive, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/mric/items/mric2024-25-003.html