Numbers

Radiolab

WNYC Studios

Natural Sciences, History, Documentary, Science, Society & Culture

4.6 • 44.5K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2009

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Whether you love 'em or hate 'em, chances are you rely on numbers every day of your life. Where do they come from, and what do they really do for us? This hour: stories of how numbers confuse us, connect us, and even reveal secrets about us. Transcripts are on individual segment pages.

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0:00.0	Wait, you're listening.
0:03.1	Okay.
0:04.4	All right.
0:05.6	Okay.
0:07.0	All right.
0:08.5	You're listening to Radio Lab.
0:11.4	Radio Lab.
0:11.9	From W. N.Y.
0:13.9	C.
0:14.8	See?
0:15.1	Yep.
0:16.6	And NPR.
0:20.1	Chad?
0:21.3	Yes. Listen? Yes.
0:22.3	Listen to this, just for a second.
0:24.4	Well, they're building a gallows outside my cell.
0:30.3	I've got 25 minutes to go.
0:36.6	Is that Johnny Cash? Yes, it's Johnny Cash, and he's singing a song about the deep importance of mathematics
0:42.3	in your life.
0:43.3	I got 24 minutes to go.
0:48.3	Well, they gave me some beans for my last...
0:53.3	There's no math here. What are you talking about?
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