The Joy Of... (2012)

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1 Season

January 1, 2012

English

Documentary

Synopsis

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

Network

BBC Four

Episodes

The Joy Of Chance

Jan 1, 2012

60 min

"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!

The Joy Of Data

Jan 1, 2016

60 min

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?

The Joy Of Logic

Jan 1, 2013

60 min

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.

The Joy Of Stats

Jan 1, 2010

60 min

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.