MathsSport
Reaching new heights
Athletes rarely deviate from traditional techniques simply because they work so well, but sometimes one individual can revolutionise an entire sport.
Martial Maths
Mechanics, the mathematics of how things move, can explain how a little old man bests several muscle-bound opponents.
On the way to Wembley
Have you ever thought about the stadiums in which your favourite football team plays?
The footballing mathematicians
Studying maths doesn’t stop you from playing world-class football. Harald Bohr was a Danish mathematician who won a silver medal at the 1908 summer Olympics. He also played for the Danish club Akademisk Boldklub alongside his Nobel Prize-winning brother, the physicist Niels Bohr.
Keeping an eye on the ball
In or out? Sports careers can turn on an umpire’s decision, so now they’re bringing in mathematicians to help make the calls.