Book cover for Home Run: The Science Behind Baseball's Most Amazing Plays by Eric Braun

Home Run

The Science Behind Baseball's Most Amazing Plays

2025 Released
32 Pages
1 Hours
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Capstone PressISBN 9781669092018

Derek Jeter's brilliant toss to the catcher to prevent a score. Ozzie Smith's bare-handed stop and throw to first base for a critical out. Nomar Mazara's home run that sailed 505 feet. Willie Mays's legendary catch in center field. Behind every pitch, swing, catch, throw, and slide, science is at work. Dive into each of these iconic baseball plays and learn more about energy, forces, motion, and more.

Eric Braun

Eric Braun is a children's author and editor who has written dozens of books on many topics, including Make a Friend, Be a Friend and Be Yourself, Like Yourself for the Little Laugh & Learn(R) series and How to Take the ACHE Out of Mistakes and How to Take the GROAN Out of Grown-Ups for the Laugh & Learn(R) series. His books have won awards and honors including the Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award, a Foreword Book of the Year Gold Award, a Benjamin Franklin Award, and many others. One of his books was read by an astronaut on the International Space Station for kids on Earth to watch. A McKnight Artist Fellow and an Aspen Summer Words scholar for his fiction, Eric earned an MFA in creative writing from Minnesota State University, Mankato. He lives in Minneapolis.

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