De 'Oakland Athletics' is een Baseballteam uit Californië. Wanneer Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) manager wordt van die club met geldproblemen, gebruikt hij een wel heel onorthodoxe manier om resultaten te halen. Hij gebruikt, samen met zijn assistent Peter Brand (Jonah Hill), namelijk een compleet door computer gegenereerde analyse om zijn spelers te vinden en zo een team vast te stellen voor de World Series.
Money. Sex. Marriage. Mortality. In each episode, data scientist Jake Porway tackles one of life’s most daunting topics revealing the surprising science behind them. From mind-bending stats, hilarious man on the street experiments, and interactive game play, this show delivers the answers to life’s mysteries and gives you the tools to help take charge of your destiny and change your life forever.
Welcome to Crash Course Statistics! In this series we're going to take a closer look at how statistics play a significant role in our everyday lives. Now this a "math" course, and there will definitely be some math, but we're going to focus on how statistics is useful and valuable to you - someone that performs AND consumes statistics all the time. Statistics are everywhere from batting averages and insurance rates to weather forecasting and smart assistants, and it's our hope that when you finish this series you'll get a better idea of the role statistics play in helping us better understand the world!
Through census data, surveys and studies, we now know more about ourselves than ever before. But what’s the story behind the stats? In our diverse modern world, is there still such a thing as "average?" The Stats of Life is a fun, factual entertainment series that layers graphics of statistics over intimate stories of real people.
A series from Lucasfilm that counts fun Star Wars tidbits.
