Evolution Podcast with Peter Turchin
In this episode of Evolution: This View of Life, recorded on Sunday, March 27, 2011, David Sloan Wilson speaks with Peter Turchin of the University of Connecticut. Peter works “at the interface between biological, mathematical, and social sciences”. He applies multilevel selection theory, agent-based modeling, and data mining techniques to the analytical study of empires, societies, and other historical cycles – an approach known as Cliodynamics.
Listen to podcast (26:40 minutes; 24.4 MB)
Posted on Tuesday, March 29th, 2011 in News/Podcast by EvoS.
