Science of the Summer Olympics

Designing safety helmets, fluid mechanics of swimming, and more in this nine part video series (2012 games).

Baseball will be a sport in Tokyo’s Summer Olympics. Here are some books about the science of summer sports:

Bazemore, Suzanne. Soccer: How It Works.

Buckley, James Jr. It’s a Numbers Game! Baseball: The Math Behind the Perfect Pitch.

Slade, Suzanne. Basketball: How it Works.

Sohn, Emily. Skateboarding: How It Works.

Ventura, Marne. Learning STEM from Baseball: How Does a Curveball Curve?