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All the Right Angles: From Gear Ratios to Calculating Odds: Mathematics in the World of Sports

Hardcover • 2013 • English

All the Right Angles: From Gear Ratios to Calculating Odds: Mathematics in the World of Sports

By Joel Levy

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About the book

A visual reference to the mathematics of sports. Any definition of sport begins with the term "physical." Motion, power, energy and momentum are the driving forces of physics, and numbers govern all sports. People and objects move in lines and curves, geometry determines progress, times are recorded, points counted, scores calculated. Without understanding numbers, it is impossible to understand sport. Athletes should be interested in the mathematics of sport for the simple reason that it can...Show more

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ISBN

9781770851962

Publisher

Firefly Books

Published year

2013

Language

English

Original title

All the Right Angles: From Gear Ratios to Calculating Odds: Mathematics in the World of Sports

Format

Hardcover

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