Mathletics a scientist explains 100 amazing things about the world of sports
A math professor shows how math and physics can offer unexpected insights into the world of sports, from the g-forces experienced by gymnasts during the "giant swing" maneuver to an explanation as to why left-handed boxers have a strategic advantage.
| Main Author: | Barrow, John D., 1952- |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
W. W. Norton & Company,
2012.
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| Edition: | 1st American ed. |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- How Usain Bolt could break his world record with no extra effort
- All-rounders
- The archers
- The flaw of averages
- Going round the bend
- A question of balance
- Anyone for baseball, tennis, or cricket?
- Bayes watch
- Best of three
- High jumping
- Having the right birthday
- Air time
- Kayaking
- Do you need a cox?
- On the cards
- Wheels on fire
- Points scoring
- Diving
- The most extreme sport of all
- Slip slidin' away
- Gender studies
- Physics for ground staff
- What goes up must come down
- Left-handers versus right-handers
- Ultimate pole-vaulting
- The return of the Karate Kid
- Leverage
- Reach for the sky
- The marathon
- All that glitters is not gold
- Don't blink first
- Ping-pong is coming home
- A walk on the wild side
- Racing certainties
- What is the chance of being disqualified?
- Rowing has its moments
- Rugby and relativity
- Run rates
- Squash : a very peculiar practice
- Faking it
- A sense of proportion
- Cushioning the blow
- Breaststrokers
- That crucial point
- Throwin' in the wind
- The two-headed league
- What a racket
- Size matters
- A truly weird soccer match
- Twisting and turning
- The wayward wind
- Windsurfing
- Winning medals
- Why are there never world records in women's track and field?
- The zigzag run
- Cinderella sports
- Wheelchair racing
- The equitempered triathlon
- The madness of crowds
- Hydrophobic polyurethane swimsuits
- Modern pentathlon
- Keeping cool
- Wheelchair speeds
- The war on error
- Matters of gravity
- Googling in the Caribbean
- The ice-skating paradox
- Throwing the discus
- Goal differences
- Is the premier league random?
- Fancy gear : does it help?
- Triangles in the water
- The illusion of floating
- The anti-Matthew effect
- Seeding tournaments
- Fixing tournaments
- Wind-assisted marathons
- Going uphill
- Psychological momentum
- Goals, goals, goals
- Total immersion
- The great British soccer team
- Strange but true
- Blade runner
- Pairing people up
- Ticket scalpers
- Skydiving
- Running high
- The archer's paradox
- Bend it like Beckham
- Stop-go tactics
- Diving is a gas
- Spring is in the air
- The toss of the coin
- What sports should be in the Olympics?
- The cat paradox
- Things that fly through the air with the greatest of ease
- Some like it hot
- The bounce of the superball
- Thinking inside the box.