100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know About Sport

Barrow, John D.

ISBN 10: 1847921647 / ISBN 13: 9781847921642

Published by The Bodley Head Ltd, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: 100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know About Sport
• Publisher: The Bodley Head Ltd
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847921647
• ISBN 13: 9781847921642
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good Jacket
• Weight: 14 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • Sports

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Synopsis

From the author of 100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know, a companion volume perfectly timed for the Olympic Games. What can maths tell us about sports? 100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know About Sport sheds light on the mysteries of running, jumping, swimming and points scoring across the whole sporting spectrum. Whether you are a competitor striving to go faster or higher, or an armchair enthusiast wanting to understand more, this is a fascinating read with one hundred short pieces that range across a wide number of sports. Find out: - Why high-jumpers use the Fosbury Flop- How fast Usain Bolt can ultimately run and how he could break his records without running any faster- Whether there is a limit to human performance- Who the strongest man or woman is, pound for pound- Why there are so many different scoring systems in sport- If a 100-kilogram mass weighs more in London than it

About the Author

JOHN D. BARROW is Professor of Mathematical Sciences and Director of the Millennium Mathematics Project at Cambridge University, Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge, a Fellow of the Royal Society, and the current Gresham Professor of Geometry at Gresham College, London. He is the bestselling author of 100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know.