Travels on rugged landscapes
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The participants of the conference on Landscape Paradigms in Physics and Biology held in May 1996, discussed methods to unify the study of biological evolution, physics of glassy material, and mathematical theory of optimization. The dynamics of these three systems can be defined by the motion of a point which represents the current state of the system. The point changes over a mathematical surface which is similar to a landscape.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1996
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Conviction by numbers
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Dutch mathematicians claim that the figure cited in a case in which nurse Lucia de Berk was sentenced to life in prison is a classic example of how statistical reasoning could go horribly wrong. The statistical expert testifying in the case reported that the chance that de Berk presence was mere coincidence was only 1 in 342 million.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2007
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The biologists strike back
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The science-fiction writers with a background in the biological sciences offer their views about life-science fiction icons such as time machines, spaceships, atomic blasters which come from the physical sciences.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2007
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