"The Joy Of" Documentaries

Learn how to predict the future--or at least the likelihood of an event--with this witty, unconventional dive into the science of probability. Hosted by Cambridge professor David Spiegelhalter, this entertaining documentary explains what chance is and how it works in the real world.

Join mathematician Dr. Hannah Fry on an exhilarating look at the ubiquitous world of data, and how it is captured, stored, shared, and made sense of. This mind-expanding documentary traces the history of data from Claude Shannon, who invented the “bit” that launched the information age, through to the artificial intelligence of the future.

Logic is the cornerstone of philosophy, math, science, and technology. In this exuberant documentary, Professor Dave Cliff journeys from Aristotle to Alice in Wonderland, sci-fi to supercomputers to tell the fascinating story of the quest for certainty and the fundamentals of sound reasoning itself.

Famous for his funny, insightful lectures, Professor Hans Rosling makes for a delightful guide to the subject of statistics. From the Victorian obsession with number-crunching to today’s crime-map apps, this eye-opening documentary shows how statistics help us see the world as it really is, not just as we imagine it to be.

In this gleefully brainy BBC documentary, physicist Jim Al-Khalili explores the pursuit of artificial intelligence, challenging ideas of intelligence and consciousness.