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The Science of Spin: How Rotational Forces Affect Everything from Your Body to Jet Engines to the Weather
Bottom of the pile
15
/100
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Readers
24/100Critics
7/100Scholars
Author:
Roland Ennos
Publisher:
Scribner
Date:
July 18, 2023
A work of popular science that explains rotational force--a basic driver of the universe affecting everything from the cosmos to our own bodies.
What The Reviewers Say
Mr. Ennos really gets rolling when he describes how much of human flourishing through history has involved harnessing the power of spin.
Although generous with charts and pictures, inevitably, most of his explanations require words, and readers with no scientific background may struggle to understand his written descriptions of high- and low-pressure turbines or how humans keep their balance. Nonetheless, there’s plenty to ponder..
The author’s account of how the invention of the flying shuttle in 1732 improved the productivity of looms will be lost on anyone who isn’t intimately familiar with the machines.
