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EPISODE · Feb 8, 2026 · 2 MIN

Bills of Mortality to AI

from The New Science of Fighting Infectious Diseases · host FedericaGazzelloni

17th Century: The Bills of Mortality. John Graunt, the "father of demography," uses London's weekly death records to identify the first statistical patterns in human longevity and disease.

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17th Century: The Bills of Mortality. John Graunt, the "father of demography," uses London's weekly death records to identify the first statistical patterns in human longevity and disease.

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