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Can Maths Save The Whales and Cure Cancer?

Professor Chris Budd

Professor Chris Budd

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Saving the whales and curing cancer are two of the great challenges of the present day, and mathematics has a part to play in addressing them. 

This talk will use these two examples to illustrate the process of mathematical modelling to gain insights into how the world works and how we can change it.

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Mathematics in the 21st Century

This event was on Tue, 07 Jan 2020

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Professor Chris Budd

Professor of Geometry

Chris Budd OBE is based at the University of Bath, where he is Professor of Applied Mathematics and Director of the Centre of Nonlinear Mechanics. He has a long history of engagement in the public understanding of science and mathematics.

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