Mathematics and Smallpox May 5, 2009

Speaker: Professor Tom Körner
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.

Official Website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/event.asp?PageId=45&EventId=757