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Martin Nowak

Martin Nowak
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Martin Nowak

MARTIN A. NOWAK is Professor of Biology and Mathematics at Harvard University. He is Director of the Program for Evolutionary Dynamics. In 1998 he moved to Princeton to establish the first center in Theoretical Biology at the Institute for Advanced Study. Nowak has won many prizes and has revolutionized the mathematical approach to biology. Nowak has made important contributions to the understanding of virus infections and cancer. He has pioneered the mathematical theory for the evolution of human language and altruistic behavior.Supercooperators will be Nowak's first book for a general audience.

SuperCooperators will be released on March 27, 2012 in Trade Paperback
Mar 27, 2012
SuperCooperators is now available in Trade Paperback
Mar 27, 2012
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Brightsurf Science News, May 1, 2012
...of characters-from the Russian prince Petr Kropotkin, who wanted to base society on altruism, to the brilliant... by Martin Nowak (Author), Roger Highfield (Author) EVOLUTION IS OFTEN PRESENTED AS A STRICTLY COMPETITIVE ENDEAVOR. This point of view has...
Eclipse Developer's Journal, January 4, 2012
...of uniform self-interest is inadequate. Then there’s debate. Yochai compares Dawkins in The Selfish Gene (1976) and Martin Nowak (2006). Dawkins says we are born selfish. Nowak says: “Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of evolution is its ability to...
The Australian, June 24, 2011
...IT'S sometimes hard to believe, but Homo sapiens is a remarkably co-operative species. To make the point Martin Nowak, a Harvard mathematical biologist, and Roger Highfield, editor of New Scientist magazine, suggest imagining 400 chimpanzees crammed into...
Bio-Medicine, March 29, 2012
...to Kiel, where he obtained a PhD in Theoretical Physics working with Heinz-Georg Schuster. After a PostDoc with Martin Nowak at Harvard University, he established an Emmy-Noether group for Evolutionary Dynamics at the Max Planck Institute for...
PhysOrg.com, March 28, 2012
...to Kiel, where he obtained a PhD in Theoretical Physics working with Heinz-Georg Schuster. After a PostDoc with Martin Nowak at Harvard University, he established an Emmy-Noether group for Evolutionary Dynamics at the Max Planck Institute for...
EurekAlert!, March 28, 2012
...to Kiel, where he obtained a PhD in Theoretical Physics working with Heinz-Georg Schuster. After a PostDoc with Martin Nowak at Harvard University, he established an Emmy-Noether group for Evolutionary Dynamics at the Max Planck Institute for...
Discover Magazine, March 23, 2012
...will get transmitted even if you have no kids of your own. Wilson and his colleagues at Harvard, Martin Nowak and Corina Tarnita, argue instead that inclusive fitness doesn?t make mathematical sense and is unnecessary. Wilson holds that good old natural...
Discover Magazine, March 23, 2012
...will get transmitted even if you have no kids of your own. Wilson and his colleagues at Harvard, Martin Nowak and Corina Tarnita, argue instead that inclusive fitness doesn?t make mathematical sense and is unnecessary. Wilson holds that good old natural...
Discover Magazine, March 23, 2012
...will get transmitted even if you have no kids of your own. Wilson and his colleagues at Harvard, Martin Nowak and Corina Tarnita, argue instead that inclusive fitness doesn?t make mathematical sense and is unnecessary. Wilson holds that good old natural...
ippr, March 7, 2012
...to hunt giant mammoth together to organising mass healthcare services – and all complex problem-solving depends on co-operation. Martin Nowak, professor of biology and mathematics at Harvard, argues that co-operation is the hidden, driving force of...