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Newton's Football: The Science Behind America's Game (2013)

by Allen St. John(Favorite Author)

3.95 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0345545141 (ISBN13: 9780345545145)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Ballantine Books

review 1: Enjoyable, interesting book, if you follow football at all. However, it really has very little to do with the science of football. I expected it would talk about the physics of a spiral and how it affects the flight of the ball, or the science (velocity and mass) behind the rising incidence of concussions. Rather, the author uses examples from science - evolution, chaos theory, quantum physics - as analogies to help illuminate why certain strategies or rules work or developed; the strategies and rules were not developed intentionally based on the science. Nonetheless, I still learned quite a bit about football that will make my viewing more enjoyable (or at least enlightened).
review 2: ***I received my copy of Newton's Football: The Science Behind America's Ga... moreme from The Goodreads First Reads Program***Have you ever wondered what The No-Huddle Offense has in common with Chaos Theory or what designers of football helmets can learn from rams? If so Newton's Football has answers for you. Newton's football is an quick airplane friendly read that uses America's favorite game as the sugar to sweeten taste of learning often difficult to explain scientific principles. You'll learn that the explosion of the number of 300lb players in The NFL can be likened to the rapid generational evolution of Galapagos Island finches and that it is possible to use the oft-forgotten NFL legend Otto Graham's adoption of the facemask to explain both complex systems and compensatory behavior. There is a lot of brainpower under-girding the strategy and tactics of football. The authors, Allen St. John and Ainissa G. Ramirez PH.D, do a great job of enlisting the insights of those who have shaped the strategy of the game, like Sam Wyche and Dick LeBeau and some of science's biggest superstars Wolfram to prove this. Newton's Football is a compelling popular science book that would be a great gift for anyone curious about science, America's game, or the science of America's game. less

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