The Perfect Storm
Professor Jonathan Van-Tam is joined by leading experts to reveal the secrets of contagion and the mathematics of disease.
Professor Jonathan Van-Tam uncovers what drives a virus to world domination and reveals how maths may be the secret weapon to thwart it. Joined by airborne infection expert Professor Catherine Noakes and mathematician Professor Julia Gog, the team face the disgusting fallout of a super-sneeze, reveal the shocking invisible forces inside our masks and unravel the mathematical models of contagion with a gigantic game of lucky dip.
In this lecture, no science is off the table. From microbiology to engineering, the Covid-19 pandemic has pooled the talent of scientists in every discipline to work together in ways never seen before. Can the audience be the scientific heroes of the hour and crack the riddle at the end of the show?
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What is an R number? And how does it work?
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Jonathan Van-Tam |
| Production Manager | Felicity Chapple |
| Series Producer | Henry Fraser |
| Executive Producer | David Dugan |
| Production Company | Windfall Films Ltd |
| Director | David Coleman |
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