The Nature of Things

Physics and Games - Laws of Probability (1x12)

Air date: Jan 22, 1961

An examination of the laws of probability and their uses in science. Co-hosts Professor Donald Ivey and Professor Patterson Hume demonstrate the laws of probability in games of chance such as coin-flipping and dice-throwing. A geiger counter is used to demonstrate that radioactive material can be located in a similar manner to the prediction of the outcome of games of chance.