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> February 8, 2002:
Hour Two: The Role of Chance in Baseball / Heisenberg Correspondence
Spring training is just a few weeks away--and that means itıs time
to talk baseball. Ranking players, teams, and managers by the numbers
(their 'stats') is a traditional part of the national pastime. This
hour, we'll talk with two mathematicians and fans who take a look at
the baseball numbers game.
Plus, is the mystery of "Copenhagen" solved? We'll hear from author
Jeremy Bernstein about the possible resolution to an intense debate
about the 1941 Copenhagen meeting between physicists Niels Bohr and
Werner Heisenberg.
Read the Bohr/Heisenberg
correspondence here.
Guests:
Jim Albert
Co-author,
"Curve Ball: Baseball, Statistics, and the Role of Chance in the Game"
(2001, Copernicus Books)
Chair, Sports Section
American Statistical Association
Professor, Mathematics
and Statistics
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, Ohio
Jay Bennett
Co-author,
"Curve Ball: Baseball, Statistics, and the Role of Chance in the Game"
(2001, Copernicus Books)
Editor,
"Statistics in Sport" (1999, Edward Arnold)
Senior Scientist
Telcordia Technologies
Fairhaven, New Jersey
Jeremy Bernstein
Author,
"Hitler's Uranium Club: The Secret Recordings at Farm Hall" (2001, Copernicus
Books)
Professor Emeritus of Physics
Stevens Institute
of Technology
Aspen, Colorado
Books/Articles Discussed:
Related Links:
Major League Baseball
ESPN
MLB stats
Baseball-Reference.com
USA Today
statistical archive
Mathletics
PBS
Teachersource - Mathline - Baseball and Softball
Bohr/Heisenberg
Correspondence
Niels Bohr Archive
AIP
History Newsletter: "Copenhagen" Play Portrays Bohr and Heisenberg
"Copenhagen" on
Broadway
Science
Friday: Oct. 20, 2000: Math and Science on Stage and Screen
This segment produced by: Ira
Flatow and Kristen Kresge
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