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URL:http://physics.bu.edu/internal/events/show/471
SUMMARY:Physics and Baseball: An Intersection of Passions
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Al Nathan\, University of Illinois/Urbana-Champaign\n
	Hosted by: James Miller\nPoster: http://physics.bu.edu/internal//posters/20
	09_Fall/01_Nathan.pdf\n\nPart of the Physics Department Colloquia Series.\n
	\nAbstract:\nI have been a physicist for all my professional life.  I have 
	been a baseball fan even longer.  And in recent years\, I have figured out 
	that I can do both physics and baseball at the same time.  It is truly like
	 having your cake and eating it too.\n\nIn this talk\, I will tell some of 
	the ways that a physicist analyzes the game of baseball.  In the course of 
	doing so\, I will address some interesting and practical questions from a p
	hysics perspective\, such as: How does a baseball bat work?  Why do aluminu
	m bats outperform wood bats?  Does corking the bat help?  How much did that
	 curve ball break? How do ball parks differ in the "carry" of a fly ball?  
	Why are towering popups difficult to catch?  What characteristics of a batt
	ed ball lead to a safe hit?   My goal is that all will enjoy this talk\,  w
	hether your interest is physics\, baseball\, or the intersection between th
	em.
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