WS MoreOrLess: The Elliptical Pool Table

More or Less: Behind the Stats

English - August 24, 2015 11:00 - 9 minutes - 8.74 MB - ★★★★★ - 740 ratings
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The ancient Greeks saw magic in the geometry of an ellipse and now mathematical writer Alex Bellos has put this to use in a specially designed table for a specially designed game of pool.
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