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15/05/2009
Tim Harford takes apart a rogue statistic on domestic violence which has been circulating since the 1990s, and reveals a new mathematical riddle: the Kate Bush conjecture.
Tim Harford takes apart a rogue statistic on domestic violence which has been circulating since the 1990s, questions news reports which suggest that the recession is hitting white collar workers hardest and reveals a new mathematical riddle - the Kate Bush conjecture.
An Open University co production for 麻豆社 Radio 4.
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Sun 17 May 2009
20:00
麻豆社 Radio 4
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- Fri 15 May 2009 13:30麻豆社 Radio 4 FM
- Sun 17 May 2009 20:00麻豆社 Radio 4
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