About the Program
Military historian Stephen Budiansky recounts the use of scientific and mathematical research to aid in the direction of Allied forces in World War II. The author profiles Patrick Blackett, a future Nobel Prize-winner, who with his colleagues, applied probability theory and other mathematical formulas to overhaul military strategy and led to the determent of German submarine attacks that had plagued Allied forces. Stephen Budiansky speaks at R.J. Julia Booksellers in Madison, Connecticut.