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

by Joel Levy

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1770851968
• ISBN13: 9781770851962
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Firefly Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.7" x 8.8"