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David Spiegelhalter and the art of uncertainty
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David Spiegelhalter, one of our favourite statisticians in the whole world, has a new book out. It's called The art of uncertainty: How to navigate chance, ignorance, risk and luck and published by Pelican Books.
In this episode of Maths on the Move we talk to David about the book, touching on a huge range of topics — from double yolked eggs and the bay of pigs, to why it's useful to disagree and why uncertainty is personal. Enjoy!
To find out more about some of the topics mentioned in this episode see,
- When being wrong is right — on the "tell me why I'm wrong" approach
- Struggling with chance — on the philosophy of probability
- Freedom and physics — on randomness and free will
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Manage episode 446354972 series 3330864
David Spiegelhalter, one of our favourite statisticians in the whole world, has a new book out. It's called The art of uncertainty: How to navigate chance, ignorance, risk and luck and published by Pelican Books.
In this episode of Maths on the Move we talk to David about the book, touching on a huge range of topics — from double yolked eggs and the bay of pigs, to why it's useful to disagree and why uncertainty is personal. Enjoy!
To find out more about some of the topics mentioned in this episode see,
- When being wrong is right — on the "tell me why I'm wrong" approach
- Struggling with chance — on the philosophy of probability
- Freedom and physics — on randomness and free will
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