Physics for Dogs: A Crash Course in Catching Cats, Frisbees, and Cars
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- Bring down the mailman with the correct ratio of stealth and brute force
- Poop strategicallyindoors and outby understanding variable-mass systems
- Open any cupboard with Newton's First Law
- Play fetch by calculating velocity and maximum range
- Catch squirrels by accounting for friction, weight, and air resistance
- And much, much more!
John-Andrew Sandbrook
An Adams Media author.
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Physics for Dogs - John-Andrew Sandbrook
EATING AND DRINKING
LESSONS IN THIS CHAPTER
ED-1. Get food off the counter
ED-2. Get food off the table, Part I: the sneak attack
ED-3. Get food off the table, Part II: the distraction
ED-4. Get into the garbage can
ED-5. Get into a cabinet (low)
ED-6. Get into a cabinet (high)
ED-7. Get into your kibble container
ED-8. Get into the fridge
ED-9. Drink out of the toilet
ED-10. Drink out of the fish tank
ED-11. Eat your own poop
ED-12. Eat someone else's poop
ED-13. Steal food at a barbeque, Part I: the grill
ED-14. Steal food at a barbeque, Part II: plates on laps
ED-15. Steal food at a barbeque, Part III: food in hands
ED-16. Eat cat food
Dogs love to eat, but for centuries after domestication, only the most cunning curs have made off with choice prey from their masters' tables. Add vectors, speed, and force to your natural abilities to make finding food a game of skill, not luck.
ED-1. GET FOOD OFF THE COUNTER
No food is as tempting as the food you can reach but aren't allowed to have. Even under your human's nose, the snatch-and-run technique you've tried so many times can be successful — but only if you carefully observe your surroundings and properly calculate your approach. First, calculate the time it will take for the human to intercept you (ttotal