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When Big Data Was Small: My Life in Baseball Analytics and Drug Design
by Cramer, Richard D. | HC | Good
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- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Title
- When Big Data Was Small
- Weight
- 1 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 9781496212054
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
ISBN-10
1496212053
ISBN-13
9781496212054
eBay Product ID (ePID)
14038642187
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
When Big Data Was Small : My Life in Baseball Analytics and Drug Design
Subject
Baseball / History, Sports Medicine, Probability & Statistics / General, Baseball / General, Personal Memoirs, Baseball / Statistics
Publication Year
2019
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Mathematics, Sports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography, Medical
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
19 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2018-047749
Reviews
"Dick was one of a handful of people back in the 1970s who started the statistical revolution in baseball . . . in his spare time. He was also a respected scientist with a distinguished career, and he played a little jazz on the side. This book chronicles his life, with its ups and downs, both professional and personal, in an honest and unassuming way. It is an interesting journey, with the last chapter yet to be written."--Pete Palmer, coauthor of The Hidden Game of Baseball: A Revolutionary Approach to Baseball and Its Statistics, " When Big Data Was Small is one of the most consequential books on baseball history and the evolution of thinking on the game."--Jason Schott, Brooklyn Digest, " When Big Data Was Small is one of the most consequential books on baseball history and the evolution of thinking on the game."-- Brooklyn Digest, "Dick was one of a handful of people back in the '70s who started the statistical revolution in baseball . . . in his spare time. He was also a respected scientist with a distinguished career, and he played a little jazz on the side. This book chronicles his life, with its ups and downs, both professional and personal, in an honest and unassuming way. It is an interesting journey, with the last chapter yet to be written."--Pete Palmer, coauthor of The Hidden Game of Baseball: A Revolutionary Approach to Baseball and Its Statistics
Illustrated
Yes
Table Of Content
Contents Foreword by John Thorn Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Setting the Stage 2. Baseball and Science Surface 3. College 4. Graduate School and the 1960s Computer 5. Industrial Synthetic Chemist 6. Harvard's Research Computer 7. Computer-Aided Drug Discovery 8. Sabermetrics' Infancy 9. Scientific Recognition 10. Twists of Fate 11. Birth of STATS Inc. 12. White Sox and Yankees 13. Scientific Career Transition 14. Rebirth of STATS Inc. 15. Comparative Molecular Field Analysis 16. STATS Soars 17. Cheerlessness and Lyme Disease 19. The Rise and Fall of TRPS 19. Repudiated by STATS 20. Tidying Up 21. In My Humble Opinion 22. Summing Up Appendix: Bamberg Mathematical Analysis of Baseball Notes Bibliography Index
Synopsis
Richard D. Cramer has been doing baseball analytics for just about as long as anyone alive, even before the term "sabermetrics" existed. He started analyzing baseball statistics as a hobby in the mid-1960s, not long after graduating from Harvard and MIT. He was a research scientist for SmithKline and in his spare time used his work computer to test his theories about baseball statistics. One of his earliest discoveries was that clutch hitting--then one of the most sacred pieces of received wisdom in the game--didn't really exist. In When Big Data Was Small Cramer recounts his life and remarkable contributions to baseball knowledge. In 1971 Cramer learned about the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) and began working with Pete Palmer, whose statistical work is credited with providing the foundation on which SABR is built. Cramer cofounded STATS Inc. and began working with the Houston Astros, Oakland A's, Yankees, and White Sox, with the help of his new Apple II computer. Yet for Cramer baseball was always a side interest, even if a very intense one for most of the last forty years. His main occupation, which involved other "big data" activities, was that of a chemist who pioneered the use of specialized analytics, often known as computer-aided drug discovery, to help guide the development of pharmaceutical drugs. After a decade-long hiatus, Cramer returned to baseball analytics in 2004 and has done important work with Retrosheet since then. When Big Data Was Small is the story of the earliest days of baseball analytics and computer-aided drug discovery.
LC Classification Number
GV877.C73 2019
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- e***a (272)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseOrdered from USA and arrived to me in UK about 10 days later. Book appropriately packaged and mostly as described. Was missing the cd as listed but communication with the seller was friendly and polite if not a little confusing - partial refunds are only offered after you start the formal eBay return request process, they aren't capable of giving refunds after simple messaging to customer service. All in all though, great value and a positive transaction. Would interact again 👍
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