Mathletics: A Scientist Explains 100 Amazing Things about the World of Sports

by John D. Barrow

Book Overview

How can sprinter Usain Bolt break his world record without expending any additional effort? Which demands a faster reaction time, tennis or baseball? What dates of birth give rise to the best professional athletes? Is it better to have the inside or outside lane during a race? And how can you improve your balance just by changing your posture? Drawing on vivid, real-life examples, John D. Barrow shows how math and physics can give us surprising, often...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393063410
• ISBN13: 9780393063417
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.6" x 8.6"