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Sum of All Parts ABC listen
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- Wetenschap
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5,0 • 3 beoordelingen
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Sum of All Parts tells extraordinary stories about the unseen influence that numbers have on the way we think, feel and behave.
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16.2 How we evacuate
How would you react if you received this SMS?
BUSHFIRE WARNING. LEAVE NOW.
When we evacuate from a bushfire, we fall into one of seven types of evacuee; from Threat Deniers, to Worried Waverers, to Experienced Independents.
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16.1 Fact checking the fire season
During the recent Australian bushfire crisis, numbers gave us a sense of the unprecedented scale of the disaster; 12.6 million hectares burnt, 431 megatons of carbon dioxide emitted, one billion animals killed. But where do these numbers come from?
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15.0 An unusual pattern
Is Benjamin Geen a killer, or the unluckiest guy in England?
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14.0 The labradoodle of regret
Wally Conron invented the labradoodle, one of the world's most popular dogs. He now considers the breed his "life's regret".
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13.1 Electronic music’s origin story [BONUS]
Where and when did a digital computer play music for the first time?
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