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• How Stuff Works: Boomerang - Illustrated tutorial explains the physics behind the propeller-like flight of the boomerang.

  Boomerangs! National Geographic's article with 2 videos of boomerang throwing. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/world/0008/boomerang/index.html

  Lesson with a Boomerang This lesson plan uses the boomerang to demonstrate basic mathematical principles. http://www.iit.edu/~smile/ma96m5.html

  Minnesota Technolog: Boomeranging An article on the sport and about Billy Brazelton, a junior in the College of Biological Sciences, who plays it. http://technolog.it.umn.edu/technolog/fall00/boomeranging.html

  Research Support Technologies: Aerodynamics of Boomerang Provides articles summarizing the aerodynamics of boomerangs and explaining the principles to build construct your own. http://www.researchsupporttechnologies.com/boomerang_site/boomerang1.htm

  Sports: The Boomerang Page An article describing why a boomerang returns, based on the aerodynamics, the shape and the throwing technique. http://wings.avkids.com/Book/Sports/instructor/boomerang-01.html

  Unspinning the Boomerang Science article describing the physics of the boomerang. http://pass.maths.org.uk/issue7/features/boomerangs/