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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.
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Mathletics: 100 Amazing Things You Didn't Know about the World of Sports, John D. Barrow
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- Released
- 2013
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- Title
- Mathletics: 100 Amazing Things You Didn't Know about the World of Sports
- Language
- English
- Authors
- John D. Barrow
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Released
- 2013
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN10
- 0393345505
- ISBN13
- 9780393345506
- Series
- Rating
- 2.95 out of 5
- Description
- 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.