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4. This Train Has Been Delayed
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Length:
13 minutes
Released:
Sep 25, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Singapore, 2016. A high-tech driverless train system starts glitching in wild and unpredictable ways. The train company, the government, even the military are at a loss: no-one can figure out what is causing the problem. Until Jason Bay and his team of data scientists assemble an old-fashioned timetabling graph, first developed in 19th century France, which exposes an invisible culprit.
Behind every line on a graph, there lies an extraordinary human story. And mathematician Hannah Fry is here to tell us ten of them.
Hannah Fry tells a tale of data detectives and very naughty trains.
Presenter: Hannah Fry
Executive Producer: Martin Smith
Series Producer: Lauren Armstrong-Carter
Episode Producer: Ilan Goodman
A series for Radio 4 by BBC Science in Cardiff.
Behind every line on a graph, there lies an extraordinary human story. And mathematician Hannah Fry is here to tell us ten of them.
Hannah Fry tells a tale of data detectives and very naughty trains.
Presenter: Hannah Fry
Executive Producer: Martin Smith
Series Producer: Lauren Armstrong-Carter
Episode Producer: Ilan Goodman
A series for Radio 4 by BBC Science in Cardiff.
Released:
Sep 25, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (11)
Introducing Uncharted - with Hannah Fry: Tales of data and discovery with Hannah Fry. by Uncharted with Hannah Fry