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National Science Foundation: Science of the Winter Olympics: Mathletes

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It's been called "the Queen of Sciences" - mathematics. It might not be as obvious in Olympic sports as physics or materials-engineering, but math - from simple arithmetic to calculus - is part of every jump, every spin, every move the athletes make on snow or ice. Mathematician Edward Burger from Williams College explains why math counts.

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