Martin Bright

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.

My father in law, Charles Becket had not seen his older brother, from North London for over 30 years. Charles moved to Bracknell, Berkshire & had no knowledge of his brother's whereabouts. Charles had a heart attack & was hospitalised in Heatherwood Hospital, Ascot in about 1970. The nurse remarked to him. "what a coincidence, there's a mister Becket in the bed next to you" Needless to say it was the brother who he had not contacted since about 1938. He too had suffered heart failure.
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Date submitted:Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:03:49 +0000Coincidence ID:4508