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Sports play an importantformative role in the lives of many middle and highschool students. Science Behind Sports from LucentBooks explores the science behind key contemporarysports. Volumes present in a clear and engaging mannerthe scientific principles and concepts involved, thebiomechanics and physiology of playing, and relatedhealth issues and medical concerns related to the sport.Each title in the series focuses on a popular sportor group of related sports. The first chapter of eachvolume provides an overview of the sport, includingits origins, history, popularity, changes to the game, business aspects of the sport and recent controversies.Subsequent chapters explore the scientific principlesinvolved for each sport, such as momentum, gravity, friction and centripetal force relating to ice skating;or buoyancy and resistance relating to swimming.Volumes also explore related health issues, fromexercise and training, to the causes and treatments ofinjuries specific to the sport.

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