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Reinventing the Wheel

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The last of the series in which Adam Hart-Davis explores how a simple piece of technology has moulded human history. 5: The Roulette Wheel Albert Einstein argued that the only way to win at roulette was to steal from the croupier when ne wasn't looking. Dostoyevsky was convinced that keeping calm was the key to winning and calmly lost everything he owned more than once. Today Adam Hart-Davis falls victim to the hypnotising allure of the wheel of fortune, and explores the impact ball and wheel have had on the laws of mathematics and the mores Of SOCiety. Producer John Byrne

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Adam Hart-Davis
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Albert Einstein
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Adam Hart-Davis
Producer:
John Byrne
Source: Radio Times

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