Jacques Chirac
As of the 23rd May 2022 this website is archived and will receive no further updates.
understandinguncertainty.org was produced by the Winton programme for the public understanding of risk based in the Statistical Laboratory in the University of Cambridge. The aim was to help improve the way that uncertainty and risk are discussed in society, and show how probability and statistics can be both useful and entertaining.
Many of the animations were produced using Flash and will no longer work.
A few days ago, I began to wonder what had happened to Jacques Chirac, who was on trial for being liberal with public funds. I had heard nothing about the story for weeks. Later that day, I turned on the radio for the news and heard that he'd been found guilty and sentenced.
Date submitted:Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:32:52 +0000Coincidence ID:5595
