The Joy Of... (2012)
A witty and stimulating look at Chance, Logic, Data and Statistics and the roles they play in our lives.
📺 Seasons & Episodes
Season 14 episodes
1. The Joy Of Chance
⏱ 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!
2. The Joy Of Data
⏱ 60 minJoin 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?
3. The Joy Of Logic
⏱ 60 minTake 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.
4. The Joy Of Stats
⏱ 60 minExplore 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.
