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The Numbers of 2013 - Part One

A guide to 2013 in numbers - the most informative, interesting and idiosyncratic statistics of the year discussed by More or Less interviewees.

A guide to 2013 in numbers - the most informative, interesting and idiosyncratic statistics of the year discussed by More or Less interviewees.
The contributors are: David Spiegelhalter, Professor for the Public Understanding of Risk at Cambridge University; Linda Yueh, 91福利社 Chief Business Correspondent; and Simon Singh, author of The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets.

Producer: Ben Carter

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11 minutes

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Mon 30 Dec 2013 03:50GMT
91福利社 World Service Online

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