{"product_id":"9780801895685","title":"Float Your Boat!: The Evolution and Science of Sailing","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn estimated 4.1 million people in the United States participate in recreational sailing. Yet the large library of sailing literature leaves many of them high and dry. On one side are technical guides for America’s Cup boat-builders; on the other, simplistic books for weekend sailors with little interest in science. In \u003ci\u003eFloat Your Boat!\u003c\/i\u003e professional and amateur boaters alike will find intelligent and understandable answers to such questions as: What were the key innovations that made sailboats more efficient? How do you increase the speed of a boat? How do sailboats travel into the wind? Why are so many explanations of sailing so wrong? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSailing enthusiast and physicist Mark Denny first traces the evolution of the sailing craft, from prehistoric coracles made of animal skins and antlers to the sailboat’s reinvention as a pleasure craft during the Industrial Revolution. He then identifies specific sailing phenomena—how wind drives modern Bermuda sloops, how torque determines stability, why hull speed exists—and provides the key physics principles behind them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether you are an inquisitive landlubber who has never set foot in a boat, a casual weekend sailor, or an old salt who lives for the sea, \u003ci\u003eFloat Your Boat!\u003c\/i\u003e is an accessible guide to the physics of sailing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127946363120,"sku":"9780801895685","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780801895685_p0.jpg?v=1769906831","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780801895685","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}