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Evolution in a Nutshell

a presentation at
Science UNRESTRICTED

The cycle of evolution as done in the Ev program.  A
circle of arrows between mutate, evaluate, sort, kill,
replicate and back to mutate.  An arrow running from
evaluate to sort to kill is inside and labeled 'selection'.

Science UNRESTRICTED will be held on April 24, 2012!

Science UNRESTRICTED is a annual one-day program by the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) for K-12 Students, Families, & Teachers. Nearly 400 registered students and probably 150-200 more teachers and parents attended in 2008/2009.

In the presentation Evolution in a Nutshell I show visitors the Evj program running on a laptop computer. In a few moments and about 700 generations Evj demonstrates evolution of a genetic control system. You can try it yourself by clicking here. Learn more by reading the Guide to Evj.

Previous events:

color bar Small icon for Theory of Molecular Machines: physics,
chemistry, biology, molecular biology, evolutionary theory,
genetic engineering, sequence logos, information theory,
electrical engineering, thermodynamics, statistical
mechanics, hypersphere packing, gumball machines, Maxwell's
Daemon, limits of computers


Schneider Lab

origin:    2008 Apr 14
updated: 2012 Apr 23

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