Hannah Fry: how scary are algorithms really? - a podcast by BBC Radio 4

The mathematician Dr Hannah Fry is on a mission to improve the PR of maths. Hannah presents radio and TV shows on how maths runs the world, how data underpins everything we do, and on Boxing Day she’s giving the prestigious Royal Institution’s Christmas Lecture on the hidden secrets of maths.
Hannah has also written a book about the inner workings of algorithms, and she came into the Beyond Today studio to talk the power of maths and how algorithms can help us live better.Presenter: Matthew PriceProducers: Alicia Burrell and Philly Beaumont
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