逻辑的乐趣
地区 :英国
年代 :2013
导演 :Catherine Gale
演员 :DaveCliff / KieranEdwards / PeterHenderson / PhillipWhiteman / ReubenWilliams
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简介:Asharp,witty,mind-expandingandexuberantforayintotheworldoflogicwithcomputerscientistProfessorDaveCliff.Followinginthefootstepsoftheaward-winning'TheJoyofStats'anditssequel,'TailsYouWin-TheScienceofChance',thisfilmtakesviewersonanewrollercoasterridethroughphilosophy,maths,scienceandtechnology-allofwhich,underthebonnet,runonlogic.Wieldingthesamewitandwisdom,animationandgleefulnerderyasitspredecessors,thisfilmjourneysfromAristotletoAliceinWonderland,sci-fitosupercomputerstotellthefascinatingstoryofthequestforcertaintyandthefundamentalsofsoundreasoningitself.DaveCliff,professorofcomputerscienceandengineeringatBristolUniversity,isnoabstracttheoretician.15yearsagohecombinedlogicandabitofmathstowriteoneofthefirstcomputerprogramstooutperformhumansattradingstocksandshares.Givingawaythesoftwareforfree,hesays,wasnothismostlogicalmove...Withthehelpof25seven-year-olds,ProfessorCliffcreates,forthefirsttimeever,acomputermadeentirelyofchildren,runningonnothingbutlogic.Wealsomeettheworld'sbrainiestwhiz