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The programme that investigates the numbers everywhere; in the news, in politics, in life. Topics covered include the effects of a doctors' strike, epidemics, randomness in our lives and voting pro...cesses used by the Eurovision Song Contest.
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Episode 7
First transmission date: 2008-05-19
Original broadcast channel: BBC Radio 3
Published: 2008
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Duration: 00:24:25
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Producer: Innes Bowen
Presenter: Tim Harford
Contributors: Dr Tom Newton Davis; Dr Derek Gatherer; Tim Harford; Rebecca Montgomery; Baroness Julia Neuberger; Judy Siegel-Itzkovich; Dr Richard Smith; Nassim Nicholas Taleb; Dr Michel Vellekoop; Dr John Watson
Publisher: BBC Open University
Subject terms: Epidemics; Statistics
Production number: PLN82108VE2021
Available to public: no