The Secret Rules of Modern Living: Algorithms

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n this coding special, Marcus du Sautoy lifts the veil on ‘the secret rules of modern living’. Algorithms are ubiquitous – they control what we read, the products we buy, and with whom we socialise. One area where algorithms have excelled and surpassed the human mind is in the world of streamlining and organising complex systems with huge amounts of data in the blink of an eye. It’s the modern application of algorithms to solve problems that make up the majority of the programme. From the ground movement of airplanes to kidney donor exchange schemes, Marcus will explore how maths is being used to solve these real world problems, even making life and death decisions.