Mar 4
6 min read
Graph Theory and The Great London Stink of 1858
How a new field of discrete mathematics helped London become less smelly
One July morning in the mid-19th century, the people of London awoke to a disgusting, gut-twisting stench. They couldn’t leave their homes without being sick. The more well-off laced their handkerchiefs with perfume and walked around permanently covering their…
