Mathematics and Smallpox

Speaker(s):   Professor Tom Körner

Date/Time:  05/05/2009

Joint London Mathematical Society & Gresham College Lecture:

250 years ago Daniel Bernoulli used mathematics and statistics to try to weigh the risks and benefits of inoculation against smallpox. The arguments of Bernoulli and his critics still remain relevant today.

This lecture will be repeated at 6pm.