age ~71
from Redmond, OR
As anyone from cold climates knows, living with lots of ice and snow can lead to a special appreciation of sports such as skiing, sledding, and skating. Prolific physics popularizer Mark Denny’s take on winter athletics lays out the physical principles that govern glaciated game play.After discussin...
Author
Mark Denny
Binding
Paperback
Pages
200
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN #
1421402157
EAN Code
9781421402154
ISBN #
10
An estimated 4.1 million people in the United States participate in recreational sailing. Yet the large library of sailing literature leaves many of them high and dry. On one side are technical guides for America’s Cup boat-builders; on the other, simplistic books for weekend sailors with little int...
Author
Mark Denny
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
280
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN #
0801890098
EAN Code
9780801890093
ISBN #
8
Power generation is a relatively recent concern because humans had little need for sustained power until the dawn of the Industrial Revolution. Today, modern civilization is wholly dependent on the production and distribution of power. Without it, our way of life would be extinguished.In Lights On!,...
Author
Mark Denny
Binding
Paperback
Pages
264
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN #
1421409968
EAN Code
9781421409962
ISBN #
4
The science of ballistics has a long history and starts with one question: How does a projectile move through the air? Even before physicists worked that one out, military engineers had been tinkering with ballistic devices for centuries. The trebuchet of the Middle Ages has given way to rocket powe...
Author
Mark Denny
Binding
Paperback
Pages
248
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN #
0801898579
EAN Code
9780801898570
ISBN #
3
In today’s world of online maps and travel directions delivered wirelessly to hand-held devices, getting from place to place requires little thought from most of us—which is a good thing, since accurate navigation can be tricky. Get your bearings with Mark Denny—an expert at explaining scientific co...
Author
Mark Denny
Binding
Paperback
Pages
272
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN #
1421405121
EAN Code
9781421405124
ISBN #
2
Tidepools and rocky shores are among the most physically stressful environments on earth. When the tide is high, waves can sweep over plants and animals at velocities as high as 60 miles per hour, while at low tide, the same organisms dry up and bake in the sun. Yet despite this seeming inhospitalit...
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
735
Publisher
University of California Press
ISBN #
0520251180
EAN Code
9780520251182
ISBN #
9
The alarm calls of birds make them difficult for predators to locate, while the howl of wolves and the croak of bullfrogs are designed to carry across long distances. From an engineer's perspective, how do such specialized adaptations among living things really work? And how does physics constrain e...
Author
Mark Denny, Alan McFadzean
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
400
Publisher
Belknap Press
ISBN #
0674048547
EAN Code
9780674048546
ISBN #
7
Have you ever wondered how stealth planes achieve "invisibility," how sunken ships are found, or how fishermen track schools of fish in vast expanses of ocean? Radar and sonar echolocation—a simple matter of sending, receiving, and processing signals.Weaving history with simple science, Mark Denny d...
Author
Mark Denny
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
288
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN #
0801886651
EAN Code
9780801886652
ISBN #
6
Mark W. Denny (born 1951) is a professor of biology at Stanford University. His research on the intertidal zone of wave-swept shores has led to increased understanding of ...
Author
Mark W. Denny
ISBN #
0691005214
Author
Mark W. Denny
ISBN #
0691025185
Author
Mark W. Denny
ISBN #
0691087342
Author
Mark W. Denny
ISBN #
0691084866
Author
Mark W. Denny
ISBN #
0691084874
1951
Author
Professor