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Charles Darwin and Game Theory

Patterns of Life - for iPod/iPhone by Kyren Burns

Nov 26, 201400:01:29Education

If evolution’s all about survival, why do peacocks have such huge, extravagant tails? This problem preyed on Charles Darwin’s mind. Luckily, in the 1970s, a hip bunch of mathematicians called game theorists came along wi...

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Charles Darwin and Game Theory is an episode from Patterns of Life - for iPod/iPhone by Kyren Burns. If evolution’s all about survival, why do peacocks have such huge, extravagant tails? This problem preyed on Charles Darwin’s mind. Luckily...

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Published Nov 26, 2014, 00:01:29 long, audio available.