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100 1 Gbur, Greg,|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/
n2010055046|eauthor.
245 10 Falling Felines and Fundamental Physics /|cGregory J.
Gbur.
264 1 New Haven, CT :|bYale University Press,|c[2019]
264 4 |c©2019
300 1 online resource (xiv, 337 pages) :|billustrations
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504 Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 Famous physicists' fascination with falling felines -- The
(solved?) puzzle of the falling cat -- Horses in motion --
Cats on film -- Going round and round -- Cats rock the
world -- The cat-righting reflex -- Cats ... in ... space!
-- Cats as keepers of mysteries -- Rise of the robotic
cats -- The challenges of cat-turning -- Falling felines
and fundamental physics -- Scientists and their cats.
520 How do cats land on their feet? Discover how this question
stumped brilliant minds and how its answer helped solve
other seemingly impossible puzzles The question of how
falling cats land on their feet has long intrigued humans.
In this playful and eye opening history, physicist and cat
parent Gregory Gbur explores how attempts to understand
the cat righting reflex have provided crucial insights
into puzzles in mathematics, geophysics, neuroscience, and
human space exploration. The result is an engaging tumble
through physics, physiology, photography, and robotics to
uncover, through scientific debate, the secret of the
acrobatic performance known as cat turning, the cat flip,
and the cat twist. Readers learn the solution but also
discover that the finer details still inspire heated
arguments. As with other cat behavior, the more we
investigate, the more surprises we discover.
588 0 Print version of record.
590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic
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650 0 Physics|vMiscellanea.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/
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650 0 Cats|xPhysiology.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects
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650 7 Physics.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1063025
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655 0 Electronic books.
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776 08 |iPrint version:|aGbur, Greg.|tFalling felines and
fundamental physics.|dNew Haven, CT : Yale University
Press, [2019]|z9780300231298|w(OCoLC)1089972448
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