How can the past explain its present re-emergence? Polio: A Cultural History #GreshamLecture Polio has a major role in the cultural history of the West. The early symptoms – which were often mild flu-like symptoms – would end in paralysis. Vaccinations against the disease proved controversial, given their trials on incarcerated prisoners and the use of “poster children”. Epidemics of the disease illustrate the uneven transmission of ideas about health and sickness. They show how the period's ger

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Need a strategy to beat the system? The #Maths of Game Theory #GreshamLecture When we buy, sell, bargain, barter, bid at auctions, and compete for resources, we want to be sure that we are using the best strategies. Game theory can help us understand precisely these kinds of situations. That’s why in 1994, the Nobel Prize for Economics was won by a mathematician – John Nash. Using games like the Prisoner’s dilemma, this lecture explains the work of game theorists such as Nash, David Blackwell an

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🔔NEW: The 2022-3 @GreshamCollege programme is now out. From the sciences to the arts, humanities, business - and more - we have 120 lectures for you! https://www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on/lecture-series-2022-23 We are welcoming five new Gresham Professors including Professor Ronald Hutton, a world-leading expert on paganism who is giving a series of lectures on Finding Britain's Lost Gods; Professor Myles Allen, the Physicist behind Net Zero, whose first year of lectures is Why Net Zero?; Professo

Is it time to review judges' roles? The Politics of Judging #GreshamLecture In the wake of the decision in the parliamentary prorogation case Miller (No.2), the question of the politics of the judiciary has been thrust into the public eye. Was it “a constitutional coup” as some have claimed? The Government has promised to “update the Human Rights Act” and review the “relationship between the government, parliament and the courts”. Will this limit the power of the judiciary to do justice? Do Brit