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主演：Dave,Cliff,Kieran,Edwards,Peter,Henderson,Phillip,Whiteman,Reuben,Williams
简介： Asharp,witty,mind-expandingandexuberantforayintotheworldoflogicwithcomputerscientistProfessorDaveCliff.Followinginthefootstepsoftheaward-winning'TheJoyofStats'anditssequel,'TailsYouWin-TheScienceofChance',thisfilmtakesviewersonanewrollercoasterridethroughphilosophy,maths,scienceandtechnology-allofwhich,underthebonnet,runonlogic. Wieldingthesamewitandwisdom,animationandgleefulnerderyasitspredecessors,thisfilmjourneysfromAristotletoAliceinWonderland,sci-fitosupercomputerstotellthefascinatingstoryofthequestforcertaintyandthefundamentalsofsoundreasoningitself. DaveCliff,professorofcomputerscienceandengineeringatBristolUniversity,isnoabstracttheoretician.15yearsagohecombinedlogicandabitofmathstowriteoneofthefirstcomputerprogramstooutperformhumansattradingstocksandshares.Givingawaythesoftwareforfree,hesays,wasnothismostlogicalmove... Withthehelpof25seven-year-olds,ProfessorCliffcreates,forthefirsttimeever,acomputermadeentirelyofchildren,runningonnothingbutlogic.Wealsomeettheworld'sbrainiestwhizz-kids,competingattheInternationalOlympiadofInformaticsinBrisbane,Australia. 'TheJoyofLogic'alsohailslogic'sall-timeheroes:GeorgeBoolewhomovedlogicbeyondphilosophytomathematicsBertrandRussell,whotook360pagesbutheroicallyprovedthat11=2KurtGodel,whobroughtlogictoitskneesbydemonstratingthatsometruthsareunprovableandAlanTuring,who,withwhatCliffcallsan'almostexquisiteparadox',wasinspiredbythishugesetbacktologictoconceivethecomputer. Ultimately,thefilmasks,canhumansreallystayahead?Couldtoday'sgenerationoflogicalcomputingmachinesbesmarterthanus?Whatdoesthattellusaboutourownbrains,andjusthow'logical'wereallyare...?
