More or Less: Behind the Stats - How many holes are there in a drinking straw?

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Tim Harford talks to Jordan Ellenberg, professor of mathematics at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, about the pandemic, geometry and drinking straws.

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Published on Sunday, 19th September 2021.

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