In this book he provides an intellectually stimulating collection of mostly self-contained mathematical essays that introduce the reader to many elegant results and techniques from a wide range of mathematical disciplines such as combinatorics, graph theory, knot theory, mechanics, differential equations, control theory, and robotics.
As a juggler the author likes to finish his performances with a stunt that combines props and techniques from a variety of juggling disciplines. Imagine him idling on a giraffe unicycle, while balancing a spinning basketball on a mouth stick, and toss-juggling a sword, a toilet plunger, and a rubber chicken. As a mathematician he is also interested in the treasure trove of beautiful mathematics used to model the different activities in a juggler's repertoire. In this book he provides an intellectually stimulating collection of mostly self-contained mathematical essays that introduce the reader to many elegant results and techniques from a wide range of mathematical disciplines such as combinatorics, graph theory, knot theory, mechanics, differential equations, control theory, and robotics. "The Mathematics of Juggling" is the first comprehensive account summarizing and expanding the results in the literature on juggling tricks and skills, as well as the mathematics behind these tricks and skills. Anybody who is not put off by the word "mathematics" in the title of this book should have a good time reading it.
As a juggler the author likes to finish his performances with a stunt that
combines props and techniques from a variety of juggling disciplines. Imagine
him idling on a giraffe unicycle, while balancing a spinning basketball
on a mouth stick, and toss-juggling a sword, a toilet plunger, and a rubber
chicken. As a mathematician he is also interested in the treasure trove
of beautiful mathematics used to model the different activities in a juggler's
repertoire. In this book he provides an intellectually stimulating collection
of mostly self-contained mathematical essays that introduce the reader
to many elegant results and techniques from a wide range of mathematical
disciplines such as combinatorics, graph theory, knot theory, mechanics,
differential equations, control theory, and robotics. "The Mathematics
of Juggling" is the first comprehensive account summarizing and expanding
the results in the literature on juggling tricks and skills, as well as
the mathematics behind these tricks and skills. Anybody who is not put
off by the word "mathematics" in the title of this book should have a good
time reading it.
