Books by Ben Blatt and Complete Book Reviews

Ben Blatt. Simon & Schuster, $25 (288p) ISBN 978-1-5011-0538-8
In this diverting if lightweight work, statistician Blatt (coauthor of I Don’t Care If We Never Get Back) applies data analysis techniques to the work of hundreds of authors, from Jane Austen to E.L. James, to extract insights into literary art and...
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Ben Blatt and Eric Brewster. Grove, $24 (368p) ISBN 978-0-8021-2274-2
When sports analyst and baseball fanatic Blatt first came up with an algorithm that figured out how one could see every pitch of 30 baseball games in 30 different ballparks in 30 days, it seemed like a pipe dream. That is, until his best friend...
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