Usually when an amateur bowler toes the line in front of a lane and ten pins, they’re not thinking about much else besides hurling their ball so it hits its target head on. But the physics of the game ...

In January I wrote a piece titled “ 5 Physics Equations Everyone Should Know .” Lots of you weighed in with your own ...

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Saint Louis University mathematics professor Dylan Brody Johnson wrote a presentation for a Math and Computer Science Club about 10-12 years ago called "The Physics of Bowling." From that presentation ...

A bowling ball might look round on the outside, but inside there is a distinct departure from spherical symmetry. That is what I learned from reading a wonderful article on the physics of bowling ...

New model uses 6 differential equations relating to a rotating rigid body for best strike conditions. No bowler hits their target 100 percent of the time, and per Hooper et al., while the best ...

(KUTV) There is what's known as a freak accident and then there is what's called having no understanding of physics. These guys got a quick lesson in physics.

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