Adam Kucharski

Adam Kucharski is the author of *The Perfect Bet: How Science and Mathematics Take the Luck Out of Gambling*. As a scientist, he worked on global outbreaks including Ebola, avian influenza, dengue fever and the Zika virus. His writing appeared in publications including the *Observer*, the *Financial Times*, *Scientific American* and the *New Statesman*. He received the Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize in 2012 and the Rosalind Franklin Award Lecture in 2016.