Topics in the History of Financial Mathematics: The Influence of Amatino Manucci and Luca Pacioli This is the first part of a study day. It...
Why is Africa still the poorest continent? Among 29 countries where human life expectancy is still 50...
The Berlioz Requiem - Pre-concert talk The Berlioz Requiem will be performed later the same evening...
Why do people play the Lottery? Make up your mind! It has often been said that greed and fear drive...
Take my profits, please! Volatility reduction and ethics With increasing emphasis on the social and ethical obligations of...
The Dutch East Indies Company - The First 100 Years A series of two lectures. Dr Thomas Crump moved to...
Great Britain and the other imperial powers: Conflict over China During the nineteenth century, Great Britain fought two wars, the...
Goldilocks Government and the Market: not too little, not too much, but just right Markets are one of the greatest tools to emerge from...
Heading for Trouble: The perils of navigation This lecture was a part of the SeaBritrain2005 series of...