James L Vail

The Road to Cooperstown: A Critical History of Baseball's Hall of Fame Selection Process

Outrageous Fortune: What's Wrong With Hall of Fame Voting and How to Make It Statistically Sound

Early history of the electro-magnetic telegraph from letters and journals of Alfred Vail

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally impor...

Big, Fat Eureka! : How Corporate Wellness Can Finally Decimate Our Costly Obesity Habit

Based on years of partnering with organizations to help stakeholders reduce obesity and diabetes, Big, Fat Eureka shares the formula for achieving sustainable preventive health and associated cost savings. Timing has never been more critical. As a nation and business community, we’ve never spent so ...

Outrageous Fortune: What's Wrong With Hall of Fame Voting, and How to Make It Statistically Sound

This critical and statistical study identifies the errors of selection and omission in hall of fame voting. It proposes a method that adapts objective, statistical criteria to the selection process and that preserves the positives of the existing system while reducing injustices.

The Road to Cooperstown: A Critical History of Baseball's Hall of Fame Selection Process

The selection process for the Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, New York, has been the same for sixty years. This work combines an irreverent critique of the voting process with an analysis of the biases that have fostered questionable choices in Hall of Fame voting.

Soluble Silicates: Their Properties and Uses Vol. 2 Technology

Technical book about Silicates.