Patterson Hume and Donald Ivey demonstrate how the overall effect of a large number of random events can be predicted statistically, and apply the results to the predicability of radioactive decay.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
008948
Language
English
Subject categories
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Science - Study and teaching
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Mathematics
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Radioactive decay
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Random variables
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Science - Study and teaching
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)