People of Science with Brian Cox: Sir David Spiegelhalter
Sir David Spiegelhalter discusses how the work of amateur mathematician Thomas Bayes and statistician Ronald Fisher - who was also a leading proponent of the now completely discredited eugenics movement - helped to shape the current thinking of probability.
In the , Professor Brian Cox is joined by Royal Society Fellows to talk about some of the most influential scientists in history.
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