Monthly Archive: Maio 2016

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Tails You Win: The Science of Chance

Professor David Spiegelhalter tries to pin down what chance is and how it works in the real world

Smart and witty, jam-packed with augmented-reality graphics and fascinating history, this film, presented by professor David Spiegelhalter, tries to pin down what chance is and how it works in the real world. For once this really is ‘risky’ television.

The film follows in the footsteps of The Joy of Stats, which won the prestigious Grierson Award for Best Science/Natural History programme of 2011. Now the same blend of wit and wisdom, animation, graphics and gleeful nerdery is applied … Ler mais

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The Joy of Stats

Hans Rosling says there’s nothing boring about stats, and then goes on to prove it

 

Documentary which takes viewers on a rollercoaster ride through the wonderful world of statistics to explore the remarkable power thay have to change our understanding of the world, presented by superstarboffin Professor Hans Rosling, whose eye-opening, mind-expanding and funny online lectures have made him an international internet Ler mais

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Marcus du Sautoy – The Secret Rules of Modern Living: Algorithms

Mathematician Professor Marcus du Sautoy demystifies the hidden world of algorithms

Without us noticing, modern life has been taken over. Algorithms run everything from search engines on the internet to satnavs and credit card data security – they even help us travel the world, find love andsave lives.

Mathematician Professor Marcus du Sautoy demystifies the hidden world of algorithms. By showing us some of the algorithms most essential to our lives, he reveals where these 2,000-year-old problem solvers came from, how they work, what they have achieved and how they are … Ler mais