Peter and the Wolf
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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.
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When my children were little, they were listening to Peter and the Wolf on an audio cassette while we drove in the car. As we were approaching a tricky junction I wanted to concentrate on the traffic so I hit the stop button on the player. The music continued uninterrupted and I thought the tape had got caught up in the works (as they used to). I pushed the eject button, the tape shot into my hand and the music continued uninterrupted!
The radio was set to Radio 3 and the tape was perfectly sychronised with a performance of Peter and the Wolf, in the exact same bar, note, chord and same pitch...well A440 concert pitch.
Clearly not impossible but...?
Can I submit more than one?
Date submitted:Tue, 23 Oct 2012 19:22:00 +0000Coincidence ID:6633
