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7. The Gossip Mill

7. The Gossip Mill

FromUncharted with Hannah Fry


7. The Gossip Mill

FromUncharted with Hannah Fry

ratings:
Length:
14 minutes
Released:
Oct 2, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

2008, Hungary: a researcher stands on a factory floor quizzing a bemused employee. The tile manufacturing company is in trouble, and the researcher is there to help. But his questions seem silly: Who do you go to for advice? Who do you chat to?

What use is the science of networks to a company producing floor tiles?

Hannah Fry tells a tale about the precarious power of networks.

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:
Oct 2, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (11)

Behind every line on a graph, there lies an extraordinary human story. Mathematician Hannah Fry is here to tell us ten of them. Uncharted with Hannah Fry will lead us through ten captivating mysteries to reveal the power of numbers behind each one. Along the way we discover the remarkable people who followed the data and unearthed something extraordinary.