Scientists of Wales: William Morgan – Eighteenth Century Actuary, Mathematician and Radical

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Cofiant sy’n egluro cyfraniad y gwyddonydd William Morgan i ddatblygu’r mathemateg sy’n sail i reolaeth arian cronfeydd pensiwn. Canolbwyntir hefyd ar ei arbrawf pan greodd diwb pelydr-X, ac archwilir ei syniadau gwleidyddol, di-flewyn ar dafod a’i fywyd preifat, cythryblus.
This biography explains William Morgan’s role in developing the mathematics that underpin the money management of pension funds. It focuses also on the experiment in which he created an X-ray tube, and examines his outspoken political views and turbulent, private life.