Adam Kucharski is among a number of leading epidemiologists who has suddenly been thrust into the limelight. We discuss his career and the current state of the coronavirus pandemic. This episode was supported by G-Research, a world-leading quantitative finance research firm, hiring the brightest minds to tackle the biggest questions in finance - learn more at https://www.gresearch.co.uk/numberphile/ Adam Kucharski's website - https://kucharski.io/ Adam's books on Amazon, including The Rules of Contagion - https://amzn.to/3oFWt9m Some of our previous podcasts that touch on epidemiology: Kit Yates - https://www.numberphile.com/podcast/kit-yates-coronavirus Hannah Fry - https://www.numberphile.com/podcast/hannah-fry-coronavirus Jennifer Rogers - https://www.numberphile.com/podcast/jennifer-rogers You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile With thanks to MSRI - https://www.msri.org/ PODCAST TRANSCRIPTS: https://www.numberphile.com/podcast-transcripts