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AJNewkirk · 02-07-2012, 12:44 AM

I know there is a specific thread for books in general, but I have a specific question for everyone:

I recently read Scorecasting: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won by Toby Moskowitz. It's a statistical analysis of sports myths, and it's pretty clever.

Does anyone know of any stats or any math/science books that are applicable to a certain topic like this? Especially those that might uncover a lot on the topic.

This is one of the reasons why poker books interested me. Some authors could analyze a topic mathematically that was once considered to not need math at all.

zoltan · 02-07-2012, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by AJNewkirk

Does anyone know of any stats or any math/science books that are applicable to a certain topic like this? Especially those that might uncover a lot on the topic.

Like sports? Or using math and stats to develop new insights into something specific? If the latter, Freakonomics is a decent enough start.

derada4 · 02-07-2012, 06:40 PM

You may like "How Randomness Rules Our Lives" by Leonard Mlodinow

http://www.amazon.com/Drunkards-Walk...8658013&sr=8-1

AJNewkirk · 02-08-2012, 01:17 AM

Thanks for the books.

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Originally Posted by zoltan

Like sports? Or using math and stats to develop new insights into something specific? If the latter, Freakonomics is a decent enough start.

I've seen this on Cinemax or HBO or something. Same as the book?