Hvad gør man som et mindre hold i en sportsverden fyldt med velhavende klubber, der sidder på både titlerne og de bedste spillere? For Billy Beane (Brad Pitt), den altdominerende direktør for baseballholdet Oakland As, som sætter hele holdet og skaffer spillere, er svaret enkelt - man ændrer selve grundlaget for tilgangen til spillet. Beane hyrer derfor matematiknørden Peter Brand (Jonah Hill), og snart begynder det udsædvanlige makkerskab at rekruttere oversete spillere med de helt rette evner.
A witty and mind-expanding exploration of data, with mathematician Dr Hannah Fry. This high-tech romp reveals what data is and how it is captured, stored, shared and made sense of. Fry tells the story of the engineers of the data age, people most of us have never heard of despite the fact they brought about a technological and philosophical revolution.
Every km of ocean now contains an average of 74,000 pieces of plastic. A 'plastic soup' of waste, killing hundreds of thousands of animals every year and leaching chemicals slowly up the food chain. In Holland, scientists found plastic in the stomachs of 95% of all fulmar birds. In Germany, plastic has been found to affect the reproductive systems of animals, while in the US, conservationists are seeing increasing numbers of dolphins die in agony, their guts blocked with rubbish. What will be the long term impact of this 'plastic pollution'? Can anything be done to clean up our oceans?
How to have a happier life and a better world all thanks to maths, in this witty, mind-expanding guide to the science of success with Hannah Fry. Following in the footsteps of BBC Four's award-winning maths films The Joy of Stats and The Joy of Data, this latest gleefully nerdy adventure sees mathematician Dr Hannah Fry unlock the essential strategies you'll need to get what you want - to win - more of the time. From how to bag a bargain dinner to how best to stop the kids arguing on a long car journey, maths can give you a winning strategy. And the same rules apply to the world's biggest problems - whether it's avoiding nuclear annihilation or tackling climate change.
Professor Hans Rosling shares his excitement with statistics, and shows how researchers are handling the modern data deluge.