An entertaining, eye-opening guide to what math and physics can reveal about sports. How can sprinter Usain Bolt break his world record without expending any ad

A math professor shows how math and physics can offer unexpected insights into the world of sports, from the g-forces experienced by gymnasts during the "giant

"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 whol

An entertaining and illuminating collection of 100 surprising connections between math and the arts. At first glance, the worlds of math and the arts might not

"Barrow's wonderfully informative book should charm both lovers and haters of mathematics."-Sheldon Lee Glashow, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics --