How Usain Bolt can run faster – effortlessly

  1. John D. Barrow

Article first published online: 4 APR 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2012.00552.x

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Significance

Significance

Special Issue: Olympics

Volume 9, Issue 2, pages 9–12, April 2012

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Barrow, J. D. (2012), How Usain Bolt can run faster – effortlessly. Significance, 9: 9–12. doi: 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2012.00552.x

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  1. FRS is Professor of Mathematical Sciences and Director of the Millennium Mathematics Project at Cambridge University, and the current Gresham Professor of Geometry at Gresham College, London.

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  1. Issue published online: 4 APR 2012
  2. Article first published online: 4 APR 2012

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Can Usain Bolt cover 100 metres even quicker than his world record? Yes, says John D. Barrow; and he doesn't even have to improve his sprinting ability to do it.

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