The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail-But Some Don't

by Nate Silver

Book Overview

"One of the more momentous books of the decade." --The New York Times Book Review Nate Silver built an innovative system for predicting baseball performance, predicted the 2008 election within a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 159420411X
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Penguin Press
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 1.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.2" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Slogfest

The topic of this book is very interesting to me which is why I was shocked at how painful it was to slog through. Not appropriate for students with talk of 'wet dreams'.