stage 1
13:45 - 14:45
English
Talk
Intermediate
I predict a riot!

Kurzthese

Explaining the London Riots with math.

Beschreibung

It happens again and again: peaceful protests turn violent, paving stones become missiles, the police respond with truncheons, tear gas and water cannons. People are hurt, sometimes fatally. But why were certain areas and neighbourhoods affected by the violence, while others remained completely peaceful? Why does social unrest start in the first place? How does it spread?