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Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. The Football: The Amazing Mathematics of the World's Most Watched Object. Book.
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Hardback. Condition: New. An illustration-packed dive into the geometry, engineering, and physics of soccer ballsThe Football takes readers on an entertaining and fact-filled exploration of the mathematical secrets of the most popular spherical object on the planet. The football is familiar to billions of fans across the globe,…but how many really look at it? Do footballs all have the same shape? Spoiler: not exactly. How does their shape affect how they play? With Étienne Ghys as our guide, we discover why ballistics, friction, and air flow are key to scoring goals-and why the football is a mathematical problem that engineers are still trying to solve.Ghys begins with the classic Telstar ball used in the 1970 World Cup in Mexico. Its twelve black pentagons and twenty white hexagons are what most of us picture when we think of the sport. Following the story through successive World Cups, he shows how engineers constantly challenge themselves to reinvent the ball, aiming for a perfect sphere while accounting for manufacturing requirements and aerodynamics. Along the way, Ghys introduces us to the mathematics of Platonic solids, symmetries, polyhedra, turbulence, roughness, drag, and spin. He paints engaging portraits of the engineers and sports insiders who study and apply these phenomena and explains how the skills of players factor into how the ball behaves, whether the game is being played in stadiums, schoolyards, or backyards.Featuring a wealth of color illustrations, The Football blends a lively narrative with insights from a world-renowned geometer to tell a mathematical story unlike any other.
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Published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017
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Published by Princeton University Press, New Jersey, 2025
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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. The Football takes readers on an entertaining and fact-filled exploration of the mathematical secrets of the most popular spherical object on the planet. The football is familiar to billions of fans across the globe, but how many really look at it? Do footballs all have the same shape? Spoil…er: not exactly. How does their shape affect how they play? With tienne Ghys as our guide, we discover why ballistics, friction, and air flow are key to scoring goals-and why the football is a mathematical problem that engineers are still trying to solve.Ghys begins with the classic Telstar ball used in the 1970 World Cup in Mexico. Its twelve black pentagons and twenty white hexagons are what most of us picture when we think of the sport. Following the story through successive World Cups, he shows how engineers constantly challenge themselves to reinvent the ball, aiming for a perfect sphere while accounting for manufacturing requirements and aerodynamics. Along the way, Ghys introduces us to the mathematics of Platonic solids, symmetries, polyhedra, turbulence, roughness, drag, and spin. He paints engaging portraits of the engineers and sports insiders who study and apply these phenomena and explains how the skills of players factor into how the ball behaves, whether the game is being played in stadiums, schoolyards, or backyards.Featuring a wealth of color illustrations, The Football blends a lively narrative with insights from a world-renowned geometer to tell a mathematical story unlike any other.'Erudite and whimsical.A kick for fans and nonfans alike.' Kirkus An illustration-packed dive into the geometry, engineering, and physics of soccer balls Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Hardback. Condition: New. An illustration-packed dive into the geometry, engineering, and physics of soccer ballsThe Football takes readers on an entertaining and fact-filled exploration of the mathematical secrets of the most popular spherical object on the planet. The football is familiar to billions of fans across the globe,…but how many really look at it? Do footballs all have the same shape? Spoiler: not exactly. How does their shape affect how they play? With Étienne Ghys as our guide, we discover why ballistics, friction, and air flow are key to scoring goals-and why the football is a mathematical problem that engineers are still trying to solve.Ghys begins with the classic Telstar ball used in the 1970 World Cup in Mexico. Its twelve black pentagons and twenty white hexagons are what most of us picture when we think of the sport. Following the story through successive World Cups, he shows how engineers constantly challenge themselves to reinvent the ball, aiming for a perfect sphere while accounting for manufacturing requirements and aerodynamics. Along the way, Ghys introduces us to the mathematics of Platonic solids, symmetries, polyhedra, turbulence, roughness, drag, and spin. He paints engaging portraits of the engineers and sports insiders who study and apply these phenomena and explains how the skills of players factor into how the ball behaves, whether the game is being played in stadiums, schoolyards, or backyards.Featuring a wealth of color illustrations, The Football blends a lively narrative with insights from a world-renowned geometer to tell a mathematical story unlike any other.
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Published by Moderne Pubs, 1936
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Contact seller4-star sellerSoft cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. AMARYLLIS, sheet music, Ghys, Moderne Pubs, 1936, 6p, pb, covers bumped/scuffed/creases, text tanning/clean, binding solid--9.00.
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Condition: Good. : Ubicado en el 222 de Bowery, en el sureste de Manhattan, este edificio ha sido el epicentro de la bohemia neoyorquina, albergando desde el taller de Fernand Léger hasta el refugio de William Burroughs. A través de las páginas de este relato, el autor Clément Ghys nos guía por un recorrido nostálgico y vibrante…, explorando piso por piso la historia de un inmueble mítico donde figuras como Mark Rothko y John Giorno dejaron una huella imborrable.La obra captura la esencia de una época dorada del arte y la literatura, rescatando anécdotas de personajes icónicos como Jean-Michel Basquiat, Patti Smith y Andy Warhol. Es una crónica fascinante que transforma un simple edificio en un personaje vivo, testigo de las noches enfierecidas y los días de creación que definieron la vanguardia cultural del siglo XX. EAN: 9782021505177 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y Ficción|Historia|Arte y Cultura Título: Le passant du Bowery Autor: Clément Ghys Editorial: SEUIL Idioma: fr Páginas: 288 Formato: tapa blanda.
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Condition: New. 2025. hardcover. . . . . .
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