Breaking down the complicated concepts of speed, acceleration, torque, fluid mechanics, and surface physics, Physics of Sailing provides a lively, easily accessible introduction to the basic science underlying the sport of sailing. It illustrates the many ways physics can be used to understand the principles of sailboat propulsion and how a scientific understanding of the boat, wind, and water can lead to more skillful sailing.
If you have ever eaten food at a restaurant, had someone cook for you, or cooked something yourself, you have seen math in action. How Chefs Use Math demonstrateshow chefs use math to measure, prepare, and cook to create tasty, delicious food.
Professional baseball players rely on their managers' math skills to win baseball games. A game made of statistics, baseball requires that everyone involved be aware of how math can affect the outcome of the game—from which order players should bat to the chances of winning a game when one is losing. How Baseball Managers Use Math reveals how baseball managers use math to calculate scores and create game strategies.
Journal of Linguistics (JL) has as its goal to publish articles that make a clear contribution to current debate in all branches of theoretical linguistics. The journal also provides an excellent survey of recent linguistics publications, with around thirty book reviews in each volume and regular review articles on major works marking important theoretical advances.
This book provides a comprehensive exposition of the theory of braids, beginning with the basic mathematical definitions and structures. Among the many topics explained in detail are: the braid group for various surfaces; the solution of the word problem for the braid group; braids in the context of knots and links (Alexander's theorem); Markov's theorem and its use in obtaining braid invariants; the connection between the Platonic solids (regular polyhedra) and braids; the use of braids in the solution of algebraic equations.
