Soccermatics: Mathematical Adventures in the Beautiful Game

Soccer as you have never viewed it before--an eye-opening presentation of the world's favorite sport.

Soccer is the most mathematical of sports--riddled with numbers, patterns, and shapes. How to make sense of them? The answer lies in mathematical modeling, a science with applications in a host of biological systems. Soccermatics brings the two together in a fascinating, mind-bending synthesis.

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