Published version of Ph.D. Thesis - University of Groningen; the work is divided into three parts; the first deals with ethnographic evidence and a general disc

More frisbees are sold each year than baseballs, basketballs and footballs combined. Yet these familiar flying objects have subtle and clever aerodynamic and gy

Explains how to build, perfect and troubleshoot paper boomerangs.

Describes the traditional making and uses of the boomerang. Provides information about topics such as boomerangs in fighting, fishing, rituals and trade, decora