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How To Bend It Like Beckham: A Scientist Explains

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As the U.S. women’s football team face Japan in the Olympics gold medal match, scientist John D. Barrow, author of Mathletics, explains the physics of an unstoppable free kick.

John D. Barrow
John D. Barrow
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John D. Barrow

John D. Barrow

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