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23/05/2013

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Randomness

Duration:
30 minutes
First broadcast:
Monday 29 November 2010

Physicist Brian Cox and comedian Robin Ince are joined by the Australian comedian and musician Tim Minchin and mathematician Alex Bellos to discuss randomness, probability and chance. They look at whether coincidences are far more common than one might think and how a mathematical approach can make even the most unpredictable situations... well, predictable.

Producer: Alexandra Feachem.

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