http://www.nodalpoint.org/2006/06/12/bend_it_like_bezier Comments for "Bend it like Bezier?" en http://www.nodalpoint.org/2006/06/12/bend_it_like_bezier#comment-3076 <p>I enjoyed the famous curves. If soccer* is really not your thing, I recommend <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8zyg8CiFIo">this YouTube video</a> (via <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2006/06/04/exciting_video_of_be.html">BoingBoing</a>).</p> <p>* since moving to Australia, I've slipped into the habit of calling football "soccer", as "football" here means "any game where you kick a ball <i>unless</i> it's spherical".</p> <br class="clear" /> Mon, 12 Jun 2006 21:08:10 -0400 Neil comment 3076 at http://www.nodalpoint.org http://www.nodalpoint.org/2006/06/12/bend_it_like_bezier <h3>Football informatics, theory and practice: Germany 2006</h3> <p><span id="picture-right" style="border:none;float: right; margin-left:0.5em; font-size:10px; color:#666666;font-weight:normal;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/qny/124668066/" title="Bayern Ball by qny"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/52/124668066_c6a631013e_m_d.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Bayern Ball" /></a></span>The frenchman <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_B%C3%A9zier">Pierre B&#xE9;zier</a> knew a thing or two about curves. But as World Cup fever tightens its grip around the globe, it is the footballers in Germany who are showing us just how much they know about the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/5048238.stm" title="The science behind the swerve, BBC news">practical science of curving and bending</a> the ball into the goal. Is there any essential curve-theory for World Cup stars like Beckham, Ronaldinho and Thierry Henry to read and brush-up on in their German hotels this summer?</p> <br class="clear" /><p><a href="http://www.nodalpoint.org/2006/06/12/bend_it_like_bezier">read more</a></p> http://www.nodalpoint.org/2006/06/12/bend_it_like_bezier#comments OSS Book Reviews Mon, 12 Jun 2006 10:39:15 -0400 Duncan 1845 at http://www.nodalpoint.org