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Evolutionary Dynamics

Evolutionary Dynamics : Exploring the Equations of Life by Martin A. Nowak - ISBN 0674023382 - Harvard University Press 2006

Motivation

Watching Evolutionary Dynamics of Harvard Science Center Research Lecture Series 2006

Pre-reading model

Draw a schema (using PmGraphViz or another solution) of the situation of the area in the studied domain before having read the book.

Reading

Preface
- "Evolutionary Dynamics presents those mathematical principles according to which life has evolved and continues to evolve." (p.ix)
- "Wherever information reproduces, there is evolution." (p.ix)
- "In this book, the languages of biology and mathematics meet to talk about "evolution. (p.x)
1 Introduction
- structure of the book chapter by chapter page 4 to 7
2 What Evolution Is
- "This chapter introduces three basic building blocks of evolutionary dynamics: replication, selection, and mutation." (p9)
- Simplex and its Applications on Wikipedia
3 Fitness Landscapes and Sequence Spaces
- (p27)
4 Evolutionary Games
- (p45)
5 Prisoners of the Dilemma
- (p71)
6 Finite Populations
- (p93)
7 Games in Finite Populations
- (p107)
8 Evolutionary Graph Theory
- (p123)
9 Spatial Games
- (p145)
10 HIV Infection
- (p167)
11 Evolution of Virulence
- (p189)
12 Evolutionary Dynamics of Cancer
- (p209)
13 Language Evolution
- (p249)
14 Conclusion
- (p287)

Overall remarks and questions

this? that?

Synthesis

So in the end, it was about X and was based on Y.

Critics

Point A, B and C are debatable because of e, f and j.

Vocabulary

(:new_vocabulary_start:) oncogene (:new_vocabulary_end:)

Post-reading model

Draw a schema (using PmGraphViz or another solution) of the situation of the area in the studied domain after having read the book. Link it to the pre-reading model and align the two to help easy comparison.

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