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Author(s) -
Eastaway Rob
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
significance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1740-9713
pISSN - 1740-9705
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2005.00124.x
Subject(s) - interpretation (philosophy) , word (group theory) , mathematics education , mathematics , computer science , geometry , programming language
When Rob Eastaway told friends he was embarking on a project to write a book about the maths of sport, they didn't hear the word “maths”—they heard “statistics”. That, after all, is the most obvious interpretation. But, as he discovered, mechanics, geometry and even some mathematical history all play their part …