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    When maths mistakes really matter
Tim Harford talks to mathematically-minded comedian Matt Parker about what happens when maths mistakes are made in the real world
Tim Harford talks to mathematically-minded comedian Matt Parker about what happens when maths mistakes are made in the real world.
The author of a new book, Humble Pi, reveals how numerical errors have caused major problems for airline pilots and, potentially, a vast number of the world’s computers.
Producer: Lizzie McNeill
(Two and two make five, an incorrect equation written on a blackboard. Credit: Getty Images)
Last on
            Tue 19 Feb 2019
            02:50GMT
        
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