Книга: John D. Barrow «100 Essential Things You Didn`t Know You Didn`t Know About Sport»
Производитель: "Неизвестный" 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 does in Singapore- What the best strategy for taking football penalties... ISBN:1847921647 Издательство: "Неизвестный" (2012)
ISBN: 1847921647 |
John D. Barrow
John David Barrow FRS (born
Life
Barrow obtained his first degree in
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publisher =University of Durham Department of Physics
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accessdate = 2007-11-24 ] In 1977, he completed his doctorate in
In 1981 he joined the
Barrow's writings, especially his "The Anthropic Cosmological Principle" (with
Along with over 400 articles in journals, Barrow has published 17 books for a general readership, beginning with his 1983 "The Left Hand of Creation". He has lectured at
He was awarded the 2006
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Books
In English:
# "New Theories of Everything"
# "Between Inner Space and Outer Space: Essays on the Science, Art, and Philosophy of the Origin of the Universe"
# "Impossibility: Limits of Science and the Science of Limits. ISBN 0-09-977211-6"
# "Material Content of the Universe"
# "Pi in the Sky: Counting, Thinking, and Being"
# "Science and Ultimate Reality: Quantum Theory, Cosmology and Complexity"
# "The Anthropic Cosmological Principle" (with
# "The Artful Universe: The Cosmic Source of Human Creativity"
# "The Book of Nothing: Vacuums, Voids, and the Latest Ideas about the Origins of the Universe"
# "The Infinite Book: A Short Guide to the Boundless, Timeless and Endless"
# "The Left Hand of Creation: The Origin and Evolution of the Expanding Universe"
# "The Origin of the Universe: To the Edge of Space and Time"
# "The Universe That Discovered Itself"
# "The World Within the World"
# "Theories of Everything: The Quest for Ultimate Explanation"
# "The Constants of Nature: The Numbers that Encode the Deepest Secrets of the Universe"
In other languages:
# "L'Homme et le Cosmos" (in French)
# "Perché il Mondo è Matematico?" (in Italian)
ee also
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References
External links
* [http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/jdb34/ John D Barrow homepage]
* [http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/gr/members/barrowpubl_apr04.pdf Publications list]
* [http://www.mmp.maths.org.uk/ Millennium Mathematics Project]
Publications available on the Internet
* [http://plus.maths.org/issue11/features/cfractions/index.html Chaos in Numberland: the secret life of continued fractions]
* [http://nrich.maths.org/MOTIVATE/conf3/article1.html Chaos]
* [http://motivate.maths.org/conferences/conf23/c23_preview.shtml Mathematics and Sports]
* [http://www.connectspace.co.uk Connections in Space website and CD Rom on mathematical and artistic aspects of space, with R. Bright, M. Kemp i N. Mee]
* [http://plus.maths.org/issue25/editorial/index.html Outer space - A Sense of Balance]
* [http://www.simulation-argument.com/barrowsim.pdf Living in a Simulation, 2003.]
* [http://plus.maths.org/issue26/outerspace/ Outer Space - Independence Day]
* [http://plus.maths.org/issue26/outerspace/solution.html Solution to A Sense of Balance]
* [http://plus.maths.org/issue27/outerspace/index.html Outer Space - Rugby and Relativity]
* [http://plus.maths.org/issue27/outerspace/solution.html Solution to Independence Day]
* [http://www.plus.maths.org/issue28/outerspace/index.html Wagons Roll]
* [http://www.plus.maths.org/issue28/outerspace/solution.html Solution to Rugby and Relativity]
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