Numbers of the year
Tim Harford presents a guide to some of the most informative, revealing and idiosyncratic statistics of the year.
A guide to 2013 in numbers - the most informative, interesting and idiosyncratic statistics of the year discussed by More or Less interviewees.
Contributors: David Spiegelhalter, Winton professor for the public understanding of risk at Cambridge University; Linda Yueh, 成人快手 chief business correspondent; Simon Singh, author of The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets; Dr Pippa Malmgren, president and founder of Principalis Asset Management; Paul Lewis; presenter of 成人快手 Radio 4's Money Box programme; Dr Hannah Fry, Centre of the Advanced Spatial Analysis at University College London; Merryn Somerset-Webb, editor-in-chief of MoneyWeek; Helen Arney, comedian.
Producer: Ben Carter.
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- Fri 27 Dec 2013 16:30成人快手 Radio 4
- Sun 29 Dec 2013 20:00成人快手 Radio 4
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