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How to Bend the Rules | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
Duration:
59'02''
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Dr Hannah Fry reveals how data-gobbling algorithms have taken over our lives and now control almost everything we do, without us even realising.
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Programme: Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
Series: Secrets & Lies - The Hidden Power of Maths
Episode: How to Bend the Rules
Channel: BBC Four
Broadcast year: 2019
Curriculum Connection
Maths
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