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World Service,27 Aug 1999,24 mins

Maths and the small world syndrome

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The maths behind how people are linked to one another. How maths can help tie us together and how a scientific paper 'The Small World Syndrome' has ramifications for both health and technology. A scientist who has been studying crickets that synchronise their chirps explains how maths helped his research.

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