- Catalog Home
- » Mathletics: a scientist explains 100 amazing things about the world of sports
Mathletics: a scientist explains 100 amazing things about the world of sports
Author
Language
English
On Shelf
Augusta Road - Adult Non-Fiction
796 Barrow
1 available
796 Barrow
1 available
Hughes Main Library - Adult Non-Fiction
796 Barrow
1 available
796 Barrow
1 available
Description
Loading Description...
Table of Contents
From the Book - 1st American ed.
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.
Excerpt
Loading Excerpt...
Author Notes
Loading Author Notes...
More Details
ISBN
9780393063417