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Uncharted with Hannah Fry

Introducing... Uncharted with Hannah Fry

Uncharted with Hannah Fry

BBC

Science

4.8609 Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2023

⏱️ 1 minutes

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Summary

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.

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.

0:05.0

What do you see when you look at the numbers on a graph?

0:08.3

Imagine if they could help you reveal the guilt of a serial killer.

0:12.0

This most chilling graph I've ever seen.

0:13.7

Or prove that global climate change is not a hoax.

0:17.5

It was such a visceral indicator of the profound impact that we were having on the planet.

0:23.4

I'm Hannah Fry, and in this series for BBC Radio 4, Uncharted will reveal how the humble

0:29.5

graph has changed your life. I will be your guide through a collection of extraordinary discoveries,

0:36.1

which shifted the world with a single line on a page.

0:40.8

From BBC Radio 4, this is Uncharted.

0:43.9

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