Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (1966) : 41x5
The quest to predict the future
60 Min.
Overview
Mathematics is the ultimate fortune teller. It can predict if a new plane design will make it off the ground. It can plan the path of a spacecraft so it passes close to every planet on its journey through the solar system. But some of nature's equations are more tricky. Why is weather so hard to forecast? How will world populations evolve? The mathematics of chaos theory helps explain why problems like these are so challenging.
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41 - 1The curious incident of the never-ending numbers December 25, 2006 -
41 - 2The story of the elusive shapes December 26, 2006
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41 - 3The secret of the winning streak December 27, 2006
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41 - 4The case of the uncrackable code December 28, 2006
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41 - 5The quest to predict the future December 29, 2006