Synopsis

A witty and stimulating look at Chance, Logic, Data and Statistics and the roles they play in our lives.

First Air Date: 2012-01-01

Last Air Date: 2016-01-01

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 4

Networks: BBC Four

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Ep. 1: The Joy Of Chance (2012-01-01)

"Chance is a fool's name for fate," goes a quote from the movie The Gay Divorcee. Is "chance" a fundamental part of the universe? Does it have "rules"? Can you learn to love and live with the uncertainty? Watch and find out -- take a chance!
Ep. 2: The Joy Of Data (2016-01-01)

Join us on a witty, exhilarating exploration of THE word of our age – data – with mathematician Hannah Fry. What is data? How is it stored, shared, made sense of…? And what does data reveal about us and the world?
Ep. 3: The Joy Of Logic (2013-01-01)

Take a roller-coaster ride through philosophy, maths, science and technology, all of which run on logic. With wit, wisdom, and gleeful nerdery, this film journeys from Aristotle to Alice in Wonderland, Sci-Fi to Supercomputers, to tell the fascinating story of the fundamentals of sound reasoning.
Ep. 4: The Joy Of Stats (2010-01-01)

Explore the remarkable power stats have to change our understanding of the world we live in. Our guide is superstar boffin Hans Rosling, whose eye-opening, mind-expanding, and very funny online lectures have made him an international internet legend.

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