Tagged: David Spiegelhalter

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People of Science

Professor Brian Cox discovers the scientific inspirations of Royal Society Fellows including Sir David Attenborough and Dame Uta Frith.

People of Science delves into the Royal Society’s rich archive of science artefacts to tell the stories of extraordinary scientists, their science and how it is still influencing our understanding of the world today. 

The series is also available on the Royal Society’s YouTube channel. The archive items featured in each film can be explored on Google’s Cultural InstituteLer mais

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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