How to Take a Penalty
Subtitle: The Hidden Mathematics of Sport
Publisher: Anova Books
Published: June 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 179
ISBN-13: 9781861058362
Subjects: Mathematics; Popular science; Sports & Recreation; Combinatorics; Science/Mathematics; Sports; Baseball - General; General; Reference / General
First sentence: Of all the balls in all the world's sporting tournaments, there is one that stands out from the rest.
Description: From rugby to snooker, hockey to angling, golf to darts, this work reveals how sport, and the strategies and scoring systems it employs, is influenced by and often built upon the principles of maths and geometry, statistics and probability.