"Evolution is the unifying theory of all of biology," states Martin Nowak, professor of mathematics and biology at Harvard University. In this lecture, Professor Nowak discusses recent and fascinating advances in our understanding of evolutionary dynamics and its application to genes, quasispecies, games, cooperative behavior, and human language.

Professor Nowak's lecture on evolutionary dynamics was given on Wednesday, March 10, 2004, as part of the Science Center Research Lecture Series. The Science Center Research Lecture Series, designed for interested laypersons, is free and open to the public. Initiated in 1973, the Public Research Lecture Series offers six lectures a year and features Harvard science professors discussing their latest research and innovations. This program offers over an hour of video content and eighty slides from the presentation.

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