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On the Lighter Side => That CAN'T be true! => Topic started by: thedoc on 30/09/2016 15:46:10

Title: Does a timely fart give a weightlifter an advantage?
Post by: thedoc on 30/09/2016 15:46:10

Is athletics at high altitude likely to break high-jump records? Can a weight-lifter gain an unfair advantage from a timely fart? And how can one compute the risk of contracting a sexually transmitted infection from a risky assignation? In his new book, Ballparking, mathematician and physicist Aaron Santos shows that maths isn't just useful, it's fun too...

Read the article (http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/articles/article/making-maths-interesting/) then tell us what you think...