Tails You Win: The Science of Chance

2012 | 60 minutes | 7.0 ★ (3)

Tails You Win: The Science of Chance
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    Professor David Spiegelhalter tries to pin down what chance truly is and how it works in the real world. With his unique storytelling method, he applies a blend of wit and wisdom, animation, graphics, and gleeful nerdery to the joys of chance and the mysteries of probability. It is a vital branch of mathematics that tells us what might happen in the future based on the events of the past.

  • Release Date

    18 October 2012

  • DirectingDan Hillman
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    $0.00

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