Dice world

Brian Clegg gives a unique portrait of a startlingly complex cosmos in his lecture, 'Dice world', as part of the Manchester Science Festival 2014. Discover more below... How to toss a coin on its head 10 times in a row? How to make predictions with impossible accuracy? This fascinating exploration of probability, statistics and randomness explains how chaos and uncertainty are often behind the realities of everyday life. 6:00 pm — 7:00 pm on Thursday 23 October 2014 at The John Rylands Library, 150 Deansgate, Manchester, M3 3EH. Read more about the event on the Royal Society website: https://royalsociety.org/events/2014/10/dice-world/ Visit the Manchester Science Festival website: http://www.manchestersciencefestival.com/ Brian's book 'Dice World: science and life in a random universe' was longlisted for the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books 2014: https://royalsociety.org/awards/science-books/ Read more about 'Dice World' on Brian's blog: http://www.brianclegg.net/diceworld.html Video cover image © iStock.