Re: [Phys-L] Where is the sky?

[Dr Keith S Taber <kst24@cam.ac.uk>]

On 19/08/2013 06:08, John Denker wrote:
> Contrast this with sports (except quidditch), which mostly involve 
> people running around in two dimensions.

Sport is obviously different on that side of the Atlantic. I have just 
seen (2D) images of Lampard's goal form a free kick for Chelsea 
yesterday - could not be adequately described in two dimensions.

But then you do not have cricket over there.

Seriously though there are lots of sports where players have to model 
the ball moving in three dimensions - perhaps this is extreme in 
cricket, epseically with the spin bowlers, but it applies too in 
baseball surely, and in sports like volleyball and tennis. And have you 
seen the way a rugby ball bounces?

Best

Keith



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