Events: detail
Mathematics and Smallpox
- Hosted by:
- Gresham College and The London Mathematical Society
- Speaker:
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Professor Tom Körner, University of Cambridge
- Starts:
- May 05, 2009 at 02:00 pm
- Ends:
- May 05, 2009 at 03:00 pm
- Location:
- Gresham College, Barnard's Inn Hall, Holborn, London, EC1N 2HH United Kingdom
- Maps:
Description
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…
- Registration required:
- No
- Free:
- Yes
For more information
- Website:
- Mathematics and Smallpox
