The Joy Of... (2012)

Season 1

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

Released Jan. 1, 2012 Episode 60 min None+

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: tmdb.mathematics

Watch Providers: Spectrum On Demand

Network: CuriosityStream

Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

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S1E1 - The Joy Of Chance

"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!

Jan. 1, 2012, midnight

S1E2 - The Joy Of Data

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?

Jan. 1, 2016, midnight

S1E3 - The Joy Of Logic

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.

Jan. 1, 2013, midnight

S1E4 - The Joy Of Stats

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.

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