How Baseball Works

by Keltie Thomas

The amazing science behind America's favorite pastime. Play ball! How Baseball Works is a behind-the-scenes examination of the physics of home runs, curve balls and stolen bases. Baseball relies on scientific principles more than any other sport. Here's how the pros use physics to throw pitches that seem to defy gravity. Kinetic energy plays a role in knocking the ball out of the park. The number crunching for statistics shows the importance of mathematics to the game. Topics Fun-to-read and colorfully illustrated, How Baseball Works makes the National Pastime more enjoyable than ever.

64 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Keltie Thomas, a former editor of Owl magazine, is the author of several non-fiction books for children. She has been nominated for the Silver Birch Award by the Ontario Library Association five times. She lives in Toronto, Ontario.