Curve Ball: Baseball, Statistics, and the Role of Chance in the Game 9780387215129, 9780387001937, 0387215123

The Hidden Game of Baseball: A Revolutionary Approach to Baseball and Its Statistics 9780226276830

Long before Moneyball became a sensation or Nate Silver turned the knowledge he’d honed on baseball into electoral gold,

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The Science of Baseball: Modeling Bat-Ball Collisions and the Flight of the Ball 9783319670324, 0954786114, 3319670328

This book describes the dynamic collisions between baseballs, softballs, and bats, and the intricate modeling of these i

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Play Ball! The Rise of Baseball as America’s Pastime [8629]

Take a time machine back to the days of pre-industrial America and you’ll see youths, both in the city and in the countr

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Cricket Ball: The Heart of the Game 9781350014589, 9781350014602, 9781350014572

No object encapsulates the subtle, mysterious richness of cricket as much as its most famous character, the cricket ball

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Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in the Markets and in Life

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The accidental scientist: the role of chance and luck in scientific discovery 9781782430155, 9781782430995, 9781782431008, 1782430997

Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication page; Contents; Introduction; Botox; DNA Fingerprinting; Cellulose; Synthe

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Base Ball Founders: The Clubs, Players and Cities of the Northeast That Established the Game 9781476603780

This book completes the series of histories of the clubs and players responsible for making baseball the national pastim

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The Hidden Game of Football: A Revolutionary Approach to the Game and Its Statistics 9780226825878

The 1988 cult classic behind football’s data analytics revolution, now back in print with a new foreword and preface. Da

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Probability and Statistics for Everyman: How to Understand and Use the Laws of Chance

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Ahead of the curve: inside the baseball revolution [First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition] 9781501106330, 1501106333, 9781501106361, 9781501106354, 150110635X, 1501106368

1. The Herd -- 2. Good looking beats good pitching -- 3. The will to (not) win -- 4. The Epiphany -- 5. The Godfather --

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