St Cecilia

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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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A poll of professional musicians would probably rank the two greatest English composers as Henry Purcell and Benjamin Britten. Both were born on 22 November, which is the name-day of the patron saint of music. How unlikely is that?
Total votes: 243
Date submitted:Sun, 25 Nov 2012 20:08:10 +0000Coincidence ID:6696