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  1. Books & Textbooks
  • Books & Textbooks
  • Core Textbooks & Monographs
    • The Physics of Golf
    • The Geometry of Motion
    • Proximal-to-Distal Energy Transfer
    • Proximal–Distal Falsification Atlas
  • Book Series Volumes
    • Volume I: Tangent-Space Methods
    • Volume II: Control Is Motion
    • Volume III: Biomechanics
    • Volume IV: Human Motor Control
    • Roadmap & Curriculum

Books and Textbooks

AffineDrift textbook and technical-monograph entry points, working book-series volumes, and chapter navigation

Long-Form Library

Books and Textbooks

Begin with two rendered textbook collections and one governed technical monograph. Continue into four provisional research-development volumes for more focused study.

Publication State

The four volume pages and their canonical LaTeX sources are available at the reviewed revision. Their notebook companions are scaffolded, meaning the file and tutorial title exist; that status does not establish numerical correctness, successful execution, dependency availability, or reproducibility. The proximal-to-distal monograph is an available computational publication with an immutable source manifest and exact PDF, chapter, and evidence contracts. It is not a completed or peer-reviewed textbook, an archival or PID-qualified publication, human validation, coaching guidance, or a software capability promise.

Use the cards below or the Read menu to move between these pages. Individual chapter pages are indexed in Article Index.

Core Textbooks and Monographs

The Physics of Golf

Golf-specific textbook chapters on mechanics, control-affine modeling, multibody dynamics, shaft behavior, impact, and motor control.

Open The Physics of Golf

The Geometry of Motion

Mathematical and computational foundations for rigid-body dynamics, nonlinear control, biomechanics, neural control, and simulation.

Open The Geometry of Motion

Proximal-to-Distal Energy Transfer in the Golf Swing

A governed 37-chapter technical monograph on model-conditioned transfer mechanisms, counterfactual attribution, uncertainty, falsification, and open evidence boundaries.

Open the Technical Monograph Download the Exact 252-Page PDF

Proximal-to-Distal Study Library

Use the technical monograph as the governed reference. Choose the companion for a more accessible reading path, the summary for a shorter synthesis, and the workbench for exploratory model runs. A model result remains conditional on its declared system, state, inputs, and comparison; none of these routes establishes human validation or a universal swing prescription.

  • Technical Monograph: the computational publication, exact source authority, equations, claims, falsifiers, and evidence ledgers.
  • How a Golf Swing Carries Energy: a 30-chapter visual companion with the same interpretation boundaries.
  • Technical Summary: a shorter route through the central counterfactual and energy-accounting arguments.
  • Interactive Model Workbench: guided exploratory experiments whose outputs are not measured golfer data.

Book Series Volumes

Volume I: Tangent-Space Methods for Nonlinear Control

Foundations of tangent-space exactness, contraction, local optimal control, and counterfactual decomposition.

Open Volume I Main Page Start with Chapter 1

Volume II: Control Is Motion

Trajectory-centric nonlinear control and the geometric mechanics framing for high-dimensional motion.

Open Volume II Main Page Review source, scaffolded notebook, and chapter states

Volume III: Biomechanics - Biology to Systems

Bridges rigid-body methods into biological modeling, experimental pipelines, and inference workflows.

Open Volume III Main Page Review source, scaffolded notebook, and chapter states

Volume IV: Human Motor Control

Neural architecture, dimensionality reduction, internal models, and movement intelligence for engineered systems.

Open Volume IV Main Page Review source, scaffolded notebook, and chapter states

Plan a Reading Path

Use the Books Roadmap for bounded prerequisite guidance and exact manuscript coverage. For counterarguments and unresolved evidence, see Research Reviews. For implementation readiness, consult the separate Software and provider status.

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