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Plus Magazine

September 2004

A sense of proportion: solution

The strongest kilogram-for-kilogram weightlifter is the one whose data point lies farthest above the best fit line with slope 2/3. This looks like Zhang, closely followed by Pereptchenov.

chart of strenght versus weight

Back to Outer space: Two's company, three's a crowd
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