Bad Call
Technology's Attack on Referees and Umpires and How to Fix It
$85.00
- Paperback
296 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2017
Summary
How technologies can get it wrong in sports, and what the consequences are-referees undermined, fans heartbroken, and the illusion of perfect accuracy maintained.
Good call or bad call, referees and umpires have always had the final say in sports. Bad calls are more visible: plays are televised backward and forward and in slow motion. New technologies-the Hawk-Eye system used in tennis and cricket, for example, and the goal-line technology used in English football-introduced to correc…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262534444 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262534444 |
| Author: | Robert Evans, Christopher Higgins, Harry Collins |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 296 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2017 |
| Weight: | 214g |
| Dimensions: | 16mm x 137mm x 203mm |
| Series: | Inside Technology |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Robert Evans
Harry Collins is Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology and Director of the Centre for the Study of Knowledge, Expertise, and Science at Cardiff University. A Fellow of the British Academy, he is the author of Gravity’s Shadow; Gravity’s Ghost; Gravity’s Ghost and Big Dog; Gravity’s Kiss: The Detection of Gravitational Waves (MIT Press); and many other books. Robert Evans is Personal Chair in the Cardiff School of Social Sciences. Christopher Higgins is a PhD candidate at Cardiff University.
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