Modern Pool

Modern Pool
Author: Ralph Eckert
Publisher: Litho-Verlag eK
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2015
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 3946128009

Over 300 illustrations and 40 photographs guide you step by step along the way of learning the game(s) of pool billiards. No previous knowledge or abilities are assumed, but you will still be led toward your individually attainable level of performance. And this, if necessary, up to the most intricate subtleties of this wonderful game. Pool billiards is more than just a brilliant coordination of mental and physical adroitness. Hardly any sport can deliver more enjoyment of one's achievements and abilities as this one.

Chaotic Billiards

Chaotic Billiards
Author: Nikolai Chernov
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2006
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0821840967

This book covers one of the most exciting but most difficult topics in the modern theory of dynamical systems: chaotic billiards. In physics, billiard models describe various mechanical processes, molecular dynamics, and optical phenomena. The theory of chaotic billiards has made remarkable progress in the past thirty-five years, but it remains notoriously difficult for the beginner, with main results scattered in hardly accessible research articles. This is the first and so faronly book that covers all the fundamental facts about chaotic billiards in a complete and systematic manner. The book contains all the necessary definitions, full proofs of all the main theorems, and many examples and illustrations that help the reader to understand the material. Hundreds of carefullydesigned exercises allow the reader not only to become familiar with chaotic billiards but to master the subject. The book addresses graduate students and young researchers in physics and mathematics. Prerequisites include standard graduate courses in measure theory, probability, Riemannian geometry, topology, and complex analysis. Some of this material is summarized in the appendices to the book.

Billiards - On the Rotation of Balls

Billiards - On the Rotation of Balls
Author: W. Broadfoot
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2016-09-08
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1473352592

This book is a vintage article on playing billiards, with a focus on the rotation of balls. Employing carefully-placed strike of the cue ball or a masterful calculation of angles, one can place a billiard ball precisely where it is intended. With simple instructions and simple diagrams, this book will teach you to master the game of billiards and is highly recommended for all players of the game. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on billiards, snooker, and pool.

A Billiards and Snooker Compendium

A Billiards and Snooker Compendium
Author: Gary Clarke
Publisher: Paragon Publishing
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2008
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1899820469

A Billiards & Snooker Compendium A Billiards & Snooker Compendium is the most extensive work on the literature of billiards and snooker ever published and took over two years to compile. It contains bibliographical information on over 650 books, a detailed description of each book's content, tips on identifying different editions, notes on scarce dustjackets, plus the estimated values of 1st editions. These values have been calculated using a variety of well respected sources. This essential reference book is easy to use, is clearly laid out, and includes both an author and title index. Each book has its own unique reference number and entries are fully cross referenced. It will appeal to all collectors of billiards and snooker memorabilia, book dealers and collectors, fans of both sports, and those simply wishing to add a few books to their sports collection. About the author Gary Clarke has been playing and watching snooker for over 25 years and has a great knowledge and deep affection for the game. He is also an avid reader and book lover and this work combines two of his most passionate interests. The author currently lives in his home town of Ipswich and this is his first work of non-fiction.